The way to make hay

[jedstivers]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUESDe8E ... re=related

 

[hillsdown]

You don't have any export hay growers in your area Jed ?

Pretty common around here except they grow timothy, not oat "hay" .

 

[Kingfisher]

You don't have any export hay growers in your area Jed ?

Pretty common around here except they grow timothy, not oat "hay" .

I don't think they have that much flat land where Jed is.....that oat hay cuts easy eh
What do you think they do with all of it?

 

[hillsdown]

You don't have any export hay growers in your area Jed ?

Pretty common around here except they grow timothy, not oat "hay" .

I don't think they have that much flat land where Jed is.....that oat hay cuts easy eh
What do you think they do with all of it?

I know that I would kill (well almost ;-) ) for land like that . I bet that is some of the best land on the Continent . :nod:

They export to Asia mostly, as do we with our export hay.

 

[Angus Cowman]

You don't have any export hay growers in your area Jed ?

Pretty common around here except they grow timothy, not oat "hay" .

I don't think they have that much flat land where Jed is.....that oat hay cuts easy eh
What do you think they do with all of it?

Your mistaken there
Where Jed lives it is Flatter than that

That is One heck of an operation
I wonder why they don't run self propelled cutter tho

 

[tom4018]

After watching that I need to just park my stuff.

 

[lavacarancher]

Oh heII yes. I'm gonna go out and spend $4 - 5 million and when I get everything in place , sell my hay for $30 a roll! :lol:

 

[kenny thomas]

You don't have any export hay growers in your area Jed ?

Pretty common around here except they grow timothy, not oat "hay" .

I don't think they have that much flat land where Jed is.....that oat hay cuts easy eh
What do you think they do with all of it?

Your mistaken there
Where Jed lives it is Flatter than that

That is One heck of an operation
I wonder why they don't run self propelled cutter tho

Jeds land not flat, HAHAHA. It is so flat water stood on 2000 acres until June. He says there is slope but 1" in 1000 ft is not slope to me. And the only reason that there is, is because he used machines to make slope. Darn Flatlander. :lol2: :nod:

 

[ALACOWMAN]

wonder what they get for a bale.?? gotta be cheap with the minimum input they have :cowboy:

 

[Jogeephus]

I think the whole thing is photoshopped. Never once did I see a rusty hydraulic hose, a wrench, toolbox and the workers were just too dang clean. Of course it does look exactly like my hay operation but completely different. ;-)

 

[alisonb]

After watching that I need to just park my stuff.

Gawd, me too :shock:

 

[BILL CLAYLAND]

Your, kidding???
You should see me pick up them big squares with my 1972 17hp kubota L175 with a 3 point spear..lol
pretty funny as i pop a wheelie all the way the the barn.

 

[1wlimo]

Not just a hobby farm are they,

I do like their straw setup http://www.glenvar.com/Innovation/Large ... fault.aspx

The telehandler they are using to move bales, well they are the way to go, make the best tractor and loader look slow and clubersome, I have spent a lot of days in those machines.

 

[hillsdown]

We had a couple of Fendts at the dairy that moved really well. ;-)

Saw a used one at the dealership the other day when I got a fuel filter for my Deutz. I was just about drooling, could so picture myself in it cutting and baling . 8)

 

[baleflipper]

What are they cutting in the first part of the video?

 

[john250]

A lot of things can be done. Doesn't mean you should. Does this make any economic sense? I'll admit to being a "babe in the woods" about the hay biz.
Buyers around here would bid this product down to the $80/ton level. The market must be for dairies and racehorses in Japan. High price market. It is really difficult to educate most hay buyers here about the advantages of quality. No one wants the test results. They want the $/bale.

 

[1wlimo]

What are they cutting in the first part of the video?

It's oats.

Heck of a place, they mow hay 24 hrs a day, then at harvest they have upto 5 headers running, three of them baleing as they cut. Again that is 24hrs.

There are several clips from the same place

I also found a Class combine with a 60 foot head in NSW, Russian combines leaving straw in big heaps, and even a Russian combine with no cab, but a nice big set of steel tracks messing about in the water trying to combine.

Yes I have been very busy today.

 

[Angus Cowman]

A lot of things can be done. Doesn't mean you should. Does this make any economic sense? I'll admit to being a "babe in the woods" about the hay biz.
Buyers around here would bid this product down to the $80/ton level. The market must be for dairies and racehorses in Japan. High price market. It is really difficult to educate most hay buyers here about the advantages of quality. No one wants the test results. They want the $/bale.

and it doesn't matter if it is a 5x6 or a 4x5 they don't want to give anymore for it

 

[john250]

A lot of things can be done. Doesn't mean you should. Does this make any economic sense? I'll admit to being a "babe in the woods" about the hay biz.
Buyers around here would bid this product down to the $80/ton level. The market must be for dairies and racehorses in Japan. High price market. It is really difficult to educate most hay buyers here about the advantages of quality. No one wants the test results. They want the $/bale.

and it doesn't matter if it is a 5x6 or a 4x5 they don't want to give anymore for it

Yeah! Is it mature fescue or tender timothy. Buyers of hay respond to $/bale ahead of $/unit of feed.

 

[1wlimo]

A lot of things can be done. Doesn't mean you should. Does this make any economic sense? I'll admit to being a "babe in the woods" about the hay biz.
Buyers around here would bid this product down to the $80/ton level. The market must be for dairies and racehorses in Japan. High price market. It is really difficult to educate most hay buyers here about the advantages of quality. No one wants the test results. They want the $/bale.

and it doesn't matter if it is a 5x6 or a 4x5 they don't want to give anymore for it

Yeah! Is it mature fescue or tender timothy. Buyers of hay respond to $/bale ahead of $/unit of feed.

Does it not depend on the market?

I know most armers want $/bale, what about quality stables etc?