Here in Central Texas about 1968 we custom baled hay as a way to move money through our hands. A good Johnson grass patch in the Little Brazos Bottom could yield a lot of great hay. It was most lush and tasty when the head was just about to expose itself. When fed the cows won't leave a straw. When a lot of the plants heads are headed out the plant has lost a lot of the food value. When fed cows will leave the sticks. Wish my H, M. or B Farmalls had cabs on them when i was on the hay operation. Just ran across your channel today and enjoyed your video. Takecare young man
Genuinely curious why not go the other direction by the river? That way, the first thing to find a hole on the bank would be the mower, not the tractor. Interested to know the reason behind the methodology. Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
@@dadajackyo you could do that. I did actually do that on the river side, I made two passes with the mower towards the river. I probably didn’t show that. Not only would you worry about a hole but just the bank giving way. On the other side there is a drainage ditch that I went along side. If your going slow enough and paying attention you should be fine though especially with a four wheel drive tractor. You can back out of most holes unless it’s just a straight drop, which hopefully you would see. You can risk damaging the mower too, in a hole that the tractor would go through. The mower will drop down in the hole and dig the mower deck in, which I’ve had happen. So it’s just a judgement call. Thanks for the question
Prussia acid dissipates in 2 two after a hard frost, high nitrate in drought conditions is also a problem. Thats a beautiful stand, I’d love to unroll some of that on cool season pasture.
Good video again, my friend. I wish you was closer to me. We have horses and they eat a lot I would get some From you keep the good videos, up my friend be safe on the job and road
Here in LA ( Lower Alabama) was blessed. No major damage just about 10” of rain in (3) days from Helene. Most of it ran off. We do not have hills and hollows like you all but low rolling terrain that requires contour plowing. Found your channel surfing YT and you and your family are all American in my book hard working honest folks. You are doing a great job. Had a CH 617 ( Mack) hauling sticks before returning back to Afghanistan and sold it….. people do not take care of your stuff like you would … bunch of steering wheel holders. Thanks for letting me ramble. Have a good one cuz.
I'm not sure what it's called over here, but it looks very much like the grass that grows wild on the side of the road . My parrot birds absolutely love it.
Johnson grass makes excellent cow hay,we bale it every year,I would be running the tractor at least two gears higher if the ground is smooth enough,I normally cut between 6 and 7 mph with our disk cutter in Sudan or Johnson grass at about 11 acres an hour.
So you have good luck feeding that as hay? We tried to keep it out of hay. We did run a similar grass through the green chopper and feed to cows, but if it started getting in hay fields we would rotate that field out. Even if there was a little in the hay the animals left it, especially the horses.
@@ClaytonVantHoff the cows seem to eat it well enough if we feed it along with some better hay. Last year they cleaned it up well. Yeah it’s no good for a picky horse for sure. It’s an absolute nightmare to try and get rid of though. This is not our property and it’s along the river so it’s land above that’s has it as well. We feed it on another rental property down river but haven’t seen it I. The pasture. We do have patches of it at the home farm but not like this.
Boy! Does this look familiar. Last year, we had a two week period of very heavy rains and it was almost three weeks later before we could get tractors in the field. We were mowing Johnson grass that was more than seven feet high. It's rather scary that you can't even see what's ahead or buried in the grass.
Atleast when I Bush Hog I have a bucket folded back close to the ground to warn me of big obstacles, that offset mower is Russian roulette. Looks like a managed field though.
@@PAYNEKILLER.. yeah pretty well know what’s there unless someone left something out there.. I recently hit a disc blade, with the old mower that had broken from the land owners disc and was left in the field.. why, idk
johnsongrass can be killed out if you keep it mowed before it heads out. It grows from a rhizome[root] and you can starve the roots by grazing close and mowing it to death. farm boy from Tenn.
You got to Round Up that stuff. You should not be feeding it to your livestock since it does include a poison. It is fatal to poultry and damaging to cattle.
Rubbish... they call it ice cream grass because cattle will eat it first out of anything else if given a chance. You just have to read up on it and do your due diligence and handle it correctly, pretty much like anything else. It's good feed!
The poison leaves the grass at a certain part of the growth process. You can’t cut it as feed below a certain height. We use a similar grass green chopped and even that you have to be careful with.
@@lukestrawwalker Harve it your way my friend. Can't help you if you ignore the tendency for the grass to produce toxins during bad (dry) weather. We had it back in the 1950's and finally got rid of it in the 1980's. Understand that it is fine most of the time but becomes toxic when stressed.
Hello James enjoyed the video it was interesting thanks for taking us along thank you ken
Here in Central Texas about 1968 we custom baled hay as a way to move money through our hands. A good Johnson grass patch in the Little Brazos Bottom could yield a lot of great hay. It was most lush and tasty when the head was just about to expose itself. When fed the cows won't leave a straw. When a lot of the plants heads are headed out the plant has lost a lot of the food value. When fed cows will leave the sticks. Wish my H, M. or B Farmalls had cabs on them when i was on the hay operation. Just ran across your channel today and enjoyed your video. Takecare young man
Yes we always say we need to get it mowed quicker than we do, time just gets away so quick and that stuff shoots up fast
great video as always. keep em coming brother!
You have a interesting channel. Your filming is good
@@frfrpr thank you
Wonderful video. I enjoyed every second of it. Thanks for sharing.
There is something about cutting grass that is just so soothing and Relaxing
I absolutely love to hear a bush hog in deep Johnson grass lol. When she gets to sounding like a helicopter you got it
Genuinely curious why not go the other direction by the river? That way, the first thing to find a hole on the bank would be the mower, not the tractor. Interested to know the reason behind the methodology. Thanks for taking the time to share with us!
@@dadajackyo you could do that.
I did actually do that on the river side, I made two passes with the mower towards the river. I probably didn’t show that. Not only would you worry about a hole but just the bank giving way.
On the other side there is a drainage ditch that I went along side. If your going slow enough and paying attention you should be fine though especially with a four wheel drive tractor. You can back out of most holes unless it’s just a straight drop, which hopefully you would see.
You can risk damaging the mower too, in a hole that the tractor would go through.
The mower will drop down in the hole and dig the mower deck in, which I’ve had happen.
So it’s just a judgement call. Thanks for the question
Like the new mower.
@@pauldillinger2286 oh yeah for a while not so worried about it flying apart haha
Prussia acid dissipates in 2 two after a hard frost, high nitrate in drought conditions is also a problem. Thats a beautiful stand, I’d love to unroll some of that on cool season pasture.
Good video again, my friend. I wish you was closer to me. We have horses and they eat a lot I would get some From you keep the good videos, up my friend be safe on the job and road
Thanks app rust. Pray you guys and your family are ok. God bless and thanks for another quality vid.
@@geraldosteen2357 doing well, if you are referring to the storm (Helene) we didn’t get hit as hard as some down south.
Here in LA ( Lower Alabama) was blessed. No major damage just about 10” of rain in (3) days from Helene. Most of it ran off. We do not have hills and hollows like you all but low rolling terrain that requires contour plowing. Found your channel surfing YT and you and your family are all American in my book hard working honest folks. You are doing a great job. Had a CH 617 ( Mack) hauling sticks before returning back to Afghanistan and sold it….. people do not take care of your stuff like you would … bunch of steering wheel holders. Thanks for letting me ramble. Have a good one cuz.
Did you guys get any damage from the storm from Florida???? Good video to
@@MarkGrant-ew3wk Not to bad. It’s been rain sticking around for about week and a half though.
@@AppalachianRust that's good damage have s good day james harvest just started up here beans
I'm not sure what it's called over here, but it looks very much like the grass that grows wild on the side of the road . My parrot birds absolutely love it.
Johnson grass makes excellent cow hay,we bale it every year,I would be running the tractor at least two gears higher if the ground is smooth enough,I normally cut between 6 and 7 mph with our disk cutter in Sudan or Johnson grass at about 11 acres an hour.
So you have good luck feeding that as hay? We tried to keep it out of hay. We did run a similar grass through the green chopper and feed to cows, but if it started getting in hay fields we would rotate that field out. Even if there was a little in the hay the animals left it, especially the horses.
@@ClaytonVantHoff the cows seem to eat it well enough if we feed it along with some better hay. Last year they cleaned it up well. Yeah it’s no good for a picky horse for sure.
It’s an absolute nightmare to try and get rid of though. This is not our property and it’s along the river so it’s land above that’s has it as well.
We feed it on another rental property down river but haven’t seen it I. The pasture.
We do have patches of it at the home farm but not like this.
i like that thanks
Boy! Does this look familiar. Last year, we had a two week period of very heavy rains and it was almost three weeks later before we could get tractors in the field. We were mowing Johnson grass that was more than seven feet high. It's rather scary that you can't even see what's ahead or buried in the grass.
@@bobwollard9105 yes. And this is someone else’s land we mow, so we watch and hope there isn’t anything left in the fields haha
Nice mower
Why did you choose the deere?
@@belarus_black_smoke4753 have always dealt with the same dealer for mowers and balers and they good to work with. That’s pretty much all
The compost and mulch potential
Was this before the flood?
@@waynebohannon yes but it didn’t rise to bad here this time.
I’ve seen it up in that field
Great video .. new sub
Thanks, welcome
Atleast when I Bush Hog I have a bucket folded back close to the ground to warn me of big obstacles, that offset mower is Russian roulette. Looks like a managed field though.
@@PAYNEKILLER.. yeah pretty well know what’s there unless someone left something out there..
I recently hit a disc blade, with the old mower that had broken from the land owners disc and was left in the field.. why, idk
johnsongrass can be killed out if you keep it mowed before it heads out. It grows from a rhizome[root] and you can starve the roots by grazing close and mowing it to death. farm boy from Tenn.
@@waynebohannon we use to have cattle on it and they did keep it grazed down
nice cutting.
Baling video would be nice.
@@woodhonky3890 it’s coming 👍
Tuff stuff
@@charlespierce3647 yeah
Machines moving from one field to another without cleaning spread johnson grass
@@jtrocktree5409 that’s a lost cause now
If that grass is harmful to animals,why are you cutting for animal feed.?
@@mr.lynnrosaasen8218 it’s fine for hay once it has cured out.
If it is grazed after a frost it does have toxins that are released.
You can’t cut it early in its growth cycle
You got to Round Up that stuff. You should not be feeding it to your livestock since it does include a poison. It is fatal to poultry and damaging to cattle.
Rubbish... they call it ice cream grass because cattle will eat it first out of anything else if given a chance. You just have to read up on it and do your due diligence and handle it correctly, pretty much like anything else. It's good feed!
The poison leaves the grass at a certain part of the growth process. You can’t cut it as feed below a certain height. We use a similar grass green chopped and even that you have to be careful with.
@@lukestrawwalker Harve it your way my friend. Can't help you if you ignore the tendency for the grass to produce toxins during bad (dry) weather. We had it back in the 1950's and finally got rid of it in the 1980's. Understand that it is fine most of the time but becomes toxic when stressed.