Cutting HAY TODAY!

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Cutting HAY TODAY!

Post by muffin » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:34 pm

FINALLY...I hope we get it off, 200+ acres to cut and bale... :goat: They had better appreciate it!
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Post by Killerbunny » Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:28 pm

Funny - our neighbour just cut our little 2.5 acre field this am!
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Post by ross » Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:37 pm

Make hay while the sun shines . Remember the days . My back still hurts when I hear that word . Luck
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Post by kenya » Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:14 pm

Was using the lawn mower to cut the pasture just way too many weeds. My little tractor is so good it surprises me some of those weeds were 4 feet high.
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Post by Epona » Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:39 pm

Are you still fighting to get 1st cut in? Has been rough to find the right weather window. Got ours done a few weeks ago. Always a huge stress here. Waiting on the second. Best of luck! Stay safe in the humidity they are calling for.
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Post by muffin » Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:51 pm

baling today... hopefully. Baler broke down Wednesday when we started baling, got a little rain Thursday, can bale this afternoon now that we have it fixed. Yippee! Then way more to cut
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Post by ross » Sat Jul 08, 2017 3:33 pm

Strange how balers only break when yu need um eh? Sit most of year in barn not broke . Lol Go figure .Luck
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Post by Farrier1987 » Sun Jul 09, 2017 6:26 pm

Hope it goes up nice for you. Nothing like the smell of the barn when you just get the new hay in.

What kind of mix are you growing? I have got from the neighbor the last few years, about 50-50 timothy and alfalfa first cut. Second and third cut of course more alfalfa. You doing big round bales? Most practical with 200 acres I am guessing.
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Re: Cutting HAY TODAY!

Post by muffin » Mon Jul 10, 2017 7:09 pm

we are doing squares, I have a little trouble lifting the rounds by hand...
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Re: Cutting HAY TODAY!

Post by muffin » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:34 am

cut again yesterday...had to BUY another small square baler :( but good to go now! Serious haying can now commence!!!! only about 300 actres to go...
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