So happy you are able to cut hay this year. Way I look at it every little bit that you don't have to buy helps. On another note that's a pretty well stocked bar you have on top of the cabinet in the shop. 🍻
You were showing sampling techniques that we used in our Ecology class at university. The "hula hoop" was even used "back then". We even took soil samples. I enjoyed your explanations. 😊
I am very happy to hear you will have some hay to give to the cows this winter. Good to see Bambi is doing well she loves her pats. Have you had anymore rain?
You chatted about hail wiping out your crop a couple years ago. Well, in Belle Fourche, many of us just lost our crop on Sunday evening to a major hailstorm of marble and up to softball sized stones for nearly 20 minutes. I hope you get your crop and I hope we get one in just a few weeks too.
@@ellenhinderlie6329 Thank you. I now relate to Mike’s earlier hayfield comment with hail on a personal level. We were more fortunate than 2-3 miles north of us. We had multiple windows broken out of the house, siding destroyed, roofs heavily damaged. The hay, well that is small in the big scheme of things. We are safe. North of town, they took the brunt of the storm. We had 90+ mph winds,theirs was higher. I’m sure there was a tornado somewhere, maybe just not a touchdown. Nonetheless, I’ve never seen hail the size of a baseball let alone hail flying parallel to the ground. My eyes were opened to the power and the destruction. We lost only one chicken and one turkey must have gotten hit in the head and leg as she can’t walk and holds her head in a funky manner. We were only a mile from the south end of the storm. I think 3 or 4 from the north end, meaning it was only 5 mi wide, but I’ve not heard how long it was. Hulett WY was thrown out as the start, that’s about 15 mi West.
I was a person that prayed for you to get rain this year and I haven't prayed in quite a few years but I did this time seeing that it was so barren out there and I love Wyoming. So I thank God that you got what you needed.
So happy that you get to hay your own hay this year. So exciting. I know when I was having to buy hay it was expensive for what little I had I can only imagine what it is like for you. Love seeing the ranch produce.
I couldn't be more happy for you. I had a hard time watching you last year having to buy all that hay. We never understand why things happen the way they do, but this year you have been blessed.
Great to see you catching a break Mike. It has been a tough thee years I know so good luck with the hay and the summer and winter ahead. You deserve a bit of luck
Its awesome news, Mike. I would definitely think this is a science seeing the different kinds of grass you have growing out there, then to figure in all that you need. Praying for no major hiccups so that you can get to it this year. We're all living on a prayer! Be Blessed!
The other added expense that you have to figure in this year is the price of fuel next week cause it sure ain't gonna be the same as this week. I tend to agree with you that it will be better to grow your own. Praying that all goes well between then and now. Haying season is always a gamble no matter when or where. God bless
I can see the joy, with the coming haying season. 3 years has been too long. I would say this is just what is needed with your new direction of your ranch. I just had I first load of hay delivered Tuesday with 100 degree weather too early and little rain I fear what the cost will be for my little ranch for rest of the year.
Same! We had to order hay as our fields are toast for this year, so no grazing is available. $375- $425 a TON! We’ve never had to buy hay this early in the season. I don’t know how long anyone can keep farming at that price. Something’s gotta give.
Good to hear that hay season is in your repertoire this year! It's just an amazing & scary time for Wyoming, MT & Idaho with the runoff being crazy this year, but I am glad to see our city-country so green this year! Maybe we'll 'miss' the fire season as well while filling the coffers for you ranchers & farmers with hay & grains!
Mike, very interesting regarding your hay crop. I have hauled many, many loads of hay and got started in trucking hauling hay to farmers. Great memories! sure like your informative video regarding costs and what it takes to raise your beef.
Howdy! Former hay hauler! I remember those days! I said the same thing about this video! It was very informative! Figuring out how much hay is on an acre and to know that 1 bale per acre would be a good outcome.... that's just plain Cool! I Pray Mike has a great haying season and that the hay from the ranch will feed all the hay eaters (BIG & small) for the entire winter! 👍👌
So excited for you Mike and Erin. I love watching haying season..it has been awhile since you were able hay. This will hopefully save you some money this year. Blessings.
yep its hay season for us to here in ky ben at it for about 2-3 days now !Good luck with yours ! It is costing us about 25-30$ per roll this year our rolls are about 1000-1200lb ea !
Most people don't understand how much time and money a farmer invests for a product that they don't control the price of. God bless you guys and thank you for doing what you do.
Kudos to the folks in Gillette, WY. A friend was in Gillette when his trike broke down. He posted on FB that with the help of the U-Haul place he rented a truck to haul the trikes back to Kansas. They then needed to find a ramp to load them. With the help of the U-Haul folks, the folks at NAPA, the grain elevator and the railroad yard they got the bikes loaded and on their way home. He stressed how everyone was so helpful and he is very grateful for all of them. As soon as he said he broke down in Gillette, WY, I immediately thought of you guys ! I commented about this channel and also posted a link. Thanks again to the folks in Gillette, WY!
I'm happy for you guy's I don't think I've seen you this happy. With everything going on with gas prices and food shortages, inflation. It's like nature knows we need help and is coming though for most. My garden is doing incredible this year and I don't see many bugs attacking my plants. I'll have enough food grown to last my family at most 8 months by the end of the growing season if it keeps going like this. May the harvest be in your favor.
I'm glad to see you're getting some painting done. I remember when you are continually grazing or I should say overgrazing are cows are going to eat out the best grass and eventually they may disappear. hope goes all well as we are taking our hay down now too.
You're the only TH-cam show that I don't need the subtitles on. I had hemorrhagic stroke and I find so many people talk so fast. Thank you for speak so Cleary. Best wishes, Jennifer
I just LOVE to see the sparkle in your eyes and the joy in your voice after all the drought we've been through (in the Texas panhandle as well)... To be standing in knee deep, green luscious grass! We're still downsizing our herd.. getting them in the freezer ASAP to get them off the fresh green coming up. Thanks for sharing your decision making processes over the last 6+ months as we're using it as a guide ourselves. Going strictly direct to consumer.
I am very excited for you that you can have a good haying season. With all the crazy cost of everything going up it is always great to be able to save where ever possible. God Bless you all
Great episode. The other farm channels I follow are starting haying....I'm stoked to see an OWL haying season. Fingers crossed that hay season goes well.
Yippee. Glad your getting rains and pray your harvest is a great supply of hay for the ranch. Liked your survey system of figuring out the totals. Thanks for sharing
I appreciate you taking us along on your farming journey. Too few people understand the trials and tribulation farmers go through to put food on our tables. Thank you.
Great information Mike. Not only are your videos entertaining they are educational. Praying that all things go well, and the crops yield even better than today's calculations. Keep the videos coming. This is one of my favorite channels to watch. God Bless and always stay safe.
Wondering if you had a good rain before harvest, would you delay a few days to allow for more growth and/or easier drying? You guys deserve this good luck for your 1st year on your new journey 🌻
I'm so glad you have a good supply of hay this year. I also appreciate the information on the difference between the grasses and hay! Never knew this. Appreciate the channel.
So happy for you guys to be able to cut hay and not having to truck it from my hometown of Kansas City! I hope you get a bale an acre and won’t have to buy hay this year!
We have a couple of small alfalfa fields. They’ve been mono-cultured for so long that they’re not very productive. As a test, I chopped and dropped one of them and cover cropped it with brassicas and clover. So far so good on that one. On the other I’ve decided to just let it go until fall, let it go to seed. This fall I’ll chop and drop it with a disk and then over seed it with winter wheat. It will be interesting to see how it turns out but the productivity of the fields is horrible for south central Iowa. We get three cuttings a year so feel for you getting just one but very happy for you that your cutting will be great. Can’t tell you how happy I am that you’ll be stacking hay for this winter. That’s just awesome. On another topic, are you going to be hosting speed goat hunters this fall?
Really interesting to learn about hay making. Here in UK we hay make yearly cuz it never stops flipping raining lol. Looking forward to watching you make the bales.
Great video, Mike! We should be haying now, or very soon, as well….but in western WA we’ve been too wet and cold to make dry hay yet….so moisture is both a blessing and a curse! Wishing you and all of us a safe, smooth, and bountiful haying season!
I'm so happy to hear your good news! You've been in a real drought since I discovered you. It was so depressing to see a real drought! (I live in S. Calif and the whole 50+ years I've been here, we've been in an endless drought. it's like it has no meaning any more here, but it was so real for you guys!)
Thanks for all your videos they're so informative, for those of us that are not ranchers and relaxing to watch. Keep the videos coming live streams would be great more often as you don't have to use your time editing.
Thanks for your information. Yes, you have to be very watchful with your hay costs in today's climate. Nice to see your watchful with the precious ranch funds. Good luck
Great video Mike! I've been doing round bales for 18 continuous years now, but it's always an educated guess. Around my area we can count on anywhere from 2 to 5 round bales per acre, that's based on a 4x5 round bale. The method you mentioned is eye opening information that I am going to try out. I would like to see how that works for my area and confirm, or not, my estimations of yields. Thanks for sharing, have a great rest of the week.
Thanks Mike for another very informative video! I Pray the weather holds and you have a successful haying season! Having enough hay from your ranch, to feed your entire herd for the winter, would be totally AWESOME! Until your next video~~~ Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🐃 p.s. your drone shots are great and "green"!
The hula hoop is what the county uses here in Western WA for weed free hay certification. They come out throw it, take samples ( as many they require off of acreage ) and determine from there if you qualify. Same principle used, love it! Keeps it fair.
Beautiful place! Never been to Wyoming yet. Hope to see it in the future. We've got plenty of hay here to sell if any of you are short. Have a great day and god bless you all!
so many years of no haying im so glad you get to do your own ........i remember the first time you had to buy hay and trying to figure out how to pay for it and other things hugsssss
Lol i was doing haymath before kindergarten, i still remember it after 50 years. You have a great evening may the Lord bless you this year with 2 cuttings.
Good evening, thank for your show. I watch every time you release new video. Please show Marti at least once a week, I love animals ❤️ and Marti has a special place in my heart. I am planning to visit your ranch to see her. Have a nice and prosperous hay time. Lol.
As with most big tasks, preparation is everything. The screaming 568 computer puts the lump in my throat. I hope you got that sorted on the cheap. Looking forward to round and rounds in the field. Thanks for sharing, Mike.
I've been following your show for a couple years! Very inspiring thank you! We're excited just starting our own ranch and trying to grow our own TH-cam channel! We are in the Ozarks and now just planting our Fields with hay and Alfalfa seeds!
Hey Mike, I'll be watching. When I was 15 I was haying for friends near Portland Oregon. It was a lot of fun. Now I buy for 2 horses, in San Diego alfalfa is going for $25 / 100# bale! Best of luck with your season.
I can remember when I was a young kid when the hay floor was empty there was what we use to play on and on both sides of the barn had grain 🌾 been's my sister's and I would use the top had what everyone call'ed a 45degere angle and we used it for a sliding board with a brown feed sack and that's what keep us kids out of trouble until it was time to bail Hay
Live stream from raking hay and bailing , thats a good idea ..Pretty decent and simple presentation Mike , glad to see good amount of rain in Northeast Wyoming..Good morning from Greece, Patras
Every time I see you trudge out there with that hula hoop I laugh, Mike. Fingers crossed this year all goes well. Take a second to pause and enjoy it and reflect on the crazy three years it has been.
I am from Ohio and am amazed at how low your hay yield is during a "good" year. I never raised hay but could tell by seeing your drone views that your grass is very thin. I am sure it is normal for your part of the country but still hard for me to wrap my head around. Good luck on your haying this year.
In the nineteen seventies outside of Cheyenne, ranchers were allowed to mow hay along state highways. Using the mile markers as a guide, you would bid on the section of the road that you wanted to cut. One person told me that some of the best grass was there because of the runoff of rainwater. Is this still allowed in Wyoming?
Mike did a video of the hazards of ditch grass. Think for a moment of all the nasty things that fall off of or are thrown out of cars and trucks on the highway. One punctured $2000 tire on the tractor, foreign debris in the mower, trash and roadkill in the bales. Far too many risks for his small operation.
wonder if you can monitor where your massive snow drifts are accumulating deeply and try to catch them with a snow drift fence to hold the water /snow on your land in maybe catch ponds or on pasture grass lands. that might help you hold that high nitrogen moisture on your pasture for spring growth rate. just like the moisture on the edge of the road example you made in this video. more moisture from road runoff accelerating spring plant growth. if anything, else it may help replenish your water tables. most people are trying to keep water on their grounds now a days.
So glad you have had enough moisture for hay. Hope all goes will for putting up the hay. And thanks for breaking down the cost of haying, farming. I was in Island Park ID on the 11th and 12th of June and it rained almost all the time, glad for that moisture. There was 2 1/2 ish feet of snow in the winter and we usually get 3-4 feet, so I was glad for that rain. I hear that Yellowstone got a lot of rain, and the north areas got flooding. Hope those that were impacted can rebuild, Gardner and Red Lodge. I am glad I was at the park earlier, last month.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU MIKE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CUT YOUR OWN HAY THIS YEAR. THE FIELDS LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL AND GREEN. THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE RAIN THIS YEAR AND FOR CONTINUED RAIN IN THE COMING YEARS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Uplifting video! Have worried about your ranch and if there would be enough hay for this year. Thanks for the hula hoop lesson; know I would have lost it even on bare ground. Am a little disappointed you did not give a demonstration of the hula hoop original use.
I've been following you guys for about 5 years and I'm pretty sure that Drone footage is the greenest I've ever seen the ranch. So happy for you guys!
It just may be. Thanks for watching matao87
It sure is!
Judydruetto
Prayers going up for good weather and no complications until haying done!
I love that you can just sit down with Bambi and pet her! She is adorable!
So happy you are able to cut hay this year. Way I look at it every little bit that you don't have to buy helps.
On another note that's a pretty well stocked bar you have on top of the cabinet in the shop. 🍻
You were showing sampling techniques that we used in our Ecology class at university. The "hula hoop" was even used "back then". We even took soil samples. I enjoyed your explanations. 😊
I am very happy to hear you will have some hay to give to the cows this winter. Good to see Bambi is doing well she loves her pats. Have you had anymore rain?
I am so happy for you guys! With the smaller herd and all that hay to cut for the first time in years, you should winter up pretty well!
You chatted about hail wiping out your crop a couple years ago. Well, in Belle Fourche, many of us just lost our crop on Sunday evening to a major hailstorm of marble and up to softball sized stones for nearly 20 minutes. I hope you get your crop and I hope we get one in just a few weeks too.
Mark, so sorry about your crop loss! Prayers up for y’all for future crops/cuttings. And, for y’all to stay safe!
@@ellenhinderlie6329 Thank you. I now relate to Mike’s earlier hayfield comment with hail on a personal level. We were more fortunate than 2-3 miles north of us. We had multiple windows broken out of the house, siding destroyed, roofs heavily damaged. The hay, well that is small in the big scheme of things. We are safe. North of town, they took the brunt of the storm. We had 90+ mph winds,theirs was higher. I’m sure there was a tornado somewhere, maybe just not a touchdown. Nonetheless, I’ve never seen hail the size of a baseball let alone hail flying parallel to the ground. My eyes were opened to the power and the destruction. We lost only one chicken and one turkey must have gotten hit in the head and leg as she can’t walk and holds her head in a funky manner. We were only a mile from the south end of the storm. I think 3 or 4 from the north end, meaning it was only 5 mi wide, but I’ve not heard how long it was. Hulett WY was thrown out as the start, that’s about 15 mi West.
I was a person that prayed for you to get rain this year and I haven't prayed in quite a few years but I did this time seeing that it was so barren out there and I love Wyoming. So I thank God that you got what you needed.
So happy that you get to hay your own hay this year. So exciting. I know when I was having to buy hay it was expensive for what little I had I can only imagine what it is like for you. Love seeing the ranch produce.
I couldn't be more happy for you. I had a hard time watching you last year having to buy all that hay. We never understand why things happen the way they do, but this year you have been blessed.
Great to see you catching a break Mike. It has been a tough thee years I know so good luck with the hay and the summer and winter ahead. You deserve a bit of luck
I'm so glad you guys are getting a good hay harvest.
Its awesome news, Mike. I would definitely think this is a science seeing the different kinds of grass you have growing out there, then to figure in all that you need. Praying for no major hiccups so that you can get to it this year. We're all living on a prayer! Be Blessed!
The other added expense that you have to figure in this year is the price of fuel next week cause it sure ain't gonna be the same as this week. I tend to agree with you that it will be better to grow your own. Praying that all goes well between then and now. Haying season is always a gamble no matter when or where. God bless
Fuel is the big unknown for everybody this year.
Wondering if Bio-Diesel would be an option...
@@richardweaver9682 bio diesel tends to move in parallel with the price of regular diesel.
I can see the joy, with the coming haying season. 3 years has been too long. I would say this is just what is needed with your new direction of your ranch. I just had I first load of hay delivered Tuesday with 100 degree weather too early and little rain I fear what the cost will be for my little ranch for rest of the year.
Same! We had to order hay as our fields are toast for this year, so no grazing is available. $375- $425 a TON! We’ve never had to buy hay this early in the season. I don’t know how long anyone can keep farming at that price. Something’s gotta give.
Good to hear that hay season is in your repertoire this year! It's just an amazing & scary time for Wyoming, MT & Idaho with the runoff being crazy this year, but I am glad to see our city-country so green this year! Maybe we'll 'miss' the fire season as well while filling the coffers for you ranchers & farmers with hay & grains!
Fingers crossed!
Glad to see that the hay is doing great this year. I can see that you are excited about putting up your own hay this year.
Yes we are, thanks for watching.
What a blessing the rain and grass growth has been for your ranch. Excellent educational video. Again thanks for bringing me along!!!!
Mike, very interesting regarding your hay crop. I have hauled many, many loads of hay and got started in trucking hauling hay to farmers. Great memories! sure like your informative video regarding costs and what it takes to raise your beef.
Howdy! Former hay hauler! I remember those days! I said the same thing about this video! It was very informative! Figuring out how much hay is on an acre and to know that 1 bale per acre would be a good outcome.... that's just plain Cool! I Pray Mike has a great haying season and that the hay from the ranch will feed all the hay eaters (BIG & small) for the entire winter! 👍👌
So looking forward to seeing you haying again on the ranch. The hay field looks better than I've seen it before.
So excited for you Mike and Erin. I love watching haying season..it has been awhile since you were able hay. This will hopefully save you some money this year. Blessings.
yep its hay season for us to here in ky ben at it for about 2-3 days now !Good luck with yours ! It is costing us about 25-30$ per roll this year our rolls are about 1000-1200lb ea !
Bambi is so adorable, I’m praying that you guys get to cut that hay. Hopefully you’ll little more rain followed by heat to get you more grass length
I sure wouldnt be upset by that all
Looks great out there guys! 👍🏻all our hays in the barn already 🤠 so happy you guys will have something to cut!
Most people don't understand how much time and money a farmer invests for a product that they don't control the price of. God bless you guys and thank you for doing what you do.
Kudos to the folks in Gillette, WY. A friend was in Gillette when his trike broke down. He posted on FB that with the help of the U-Haul place he rented a truck to haul the trikes back to Kansas. They then needed to find a ramp to load them. With the help of the U-Haul folks, the folks at NAPA, the grain elevator and the railroad yard they got the bikes loaded and on their way home. He stressed how everyone was so helpful and he is very grateful for all of them.
As soon as he said he broke down in Gillette, WY, I immediately thought of you guys ! I commented about this channel and also posted a link. Thanks again to the folks in Gillette, WY!
Good luck with the hay this year. May you get enough to get thru the winter. Thank you, take care and God bless.
Thanks EJ, I hope that we bale enough too.
I'm happy for you guy's I don't think I've seen you this happy. With everything going on with gas prices and food shortages, inflation. It's like nature knows we need help and is coming though for most. My garden is doing incredible this year and I don't see many bugs attacking my plants. I'll have enough food grown to last my family at most 8 months by the end of the growing season if it keeps going like this. May the harvest be in your favor.
I'm glad to see you're getting some painting done. I remember when you are continually grazing or I should say overgrazing are cows are going to eat out the best grass and eventually they may disappear. hope goes all well as we are taking our hay down now too.
Sounds great I’ll be here for this season of hay!!!
You're the only TH-cam show that I don't need the subtitles on. I had hemorrhagic stroke and I find so many people talk so fast. Thank you for speak so Cleary. Best wishes, Jennifer
I just LOVE to see the sparkle in your eyes and the joy in your voice after all the drought we've been through (in the Texas panhandle as well)... To be standing in knee deep, green luscious grass! We're still downsizing our herd.. getting them in the freezer ASAP to get them off the fresh green coming up. Thanks for sharing your decision making processes over the last 6+ months as we're using it as a guide ourselves. Going strictly direct to consumer.
I am very excited for you that you can have a good haying season. With all the crazy cost of everything going up it is always great to be able to save where ever possible. God Bless you all
Mike, this is so exciting. I hope this works exactly as you have shown. Praying the blessing continued
Great episode. The other farm channels I follow are starting haying....I'm stoked to see an OWL haying season. Fingers crossed that hay season goes well.
Yippee. Glad your getting rains and pray your harvest is a great supply of hay for the ranch. Liked your survey system of figuring out the totals. Thanks for sharing
I'm thrilled that you'll be haying soon!
Question, what happened to the calf that was in the barn that it's mother died?
The calf if doing fine.
@@OurWyomingLife glad to hear that, thanks
Hi to Mike from Our Wyoming Life and all others too. Thanks for sharing these awesome videos. finally getting some hay
Hi Wykeisha, and glad you like the videos.
That's fantastic Mike we are so happy that is a ton of grass congrats We are so happy for you guys
I appreciate you taking us along on your farming journey. Too few people understand the trials and tribulation farmers go through to put food on our tables. Thank you.
Thanks Jim, It is one of the missions we have to educate people.
Judydruetto
Great information Mike. Not only are your videos entertaining they are educational. Praying that all things go well, and the crops yield even better than today's calculations. Keep the videos coming. This is one of my favorite channels to watch. God Bless and always stay safe.
The rain has enabled the grass to put in on a good bit of growth. There is always something needing fixed on a farm.
Yes, Rain makes hay, and repairs are never ending it seems.
Wondering if you had a good rain before harvest, would you delay a few days to allow for more growth and/or easier drying? You guys deserve this good luck for your 1st year on your new journey 🌻
I'm so glad you have a good supply of hay this year. I also appreciate the information on the difference between the grasses and hay! Never knew this. Appreciate the channel.
So happy for you guys to be able to cut hay and not having to truck it from my hometown of Kansas City! I hope you get a bale an acre and won’t have to buy hay this year!
We have a couple of small alfalfa fields. They’ve been mono-cultured for so long that they’re not very productive. As a test, I chopped and dropped one of them and cover cropped it with brassicas and clover. So far so good on that one. On the other I’ve decided to just let it go until fall, let it go to seed. This fall I’ll chop and drop it with a disk and then over seed it with winter wheat.
It will be interesting to see how it turns out but the productivity of the fields is horrible for south central Iowa.
We get three cuttings a year so feel for you getting just one but very happy for you that your cutting will be great.
Can’t tell you how happy I am that you’ll be stacking hay for this winter. That’s just awesome.
On another topic, are you going to be hosting speed goat hunters this fall?
Really interesting to learn about hay making. Here in UK we hay make yearly cuz it never stops flipping raining lol. Looking forward to watching you make the bales.
I'm so happy for you and your blessed year! Just what you needed!
Great video, Mike! We should be haying now, or very soon, as well….but in western WA we’ve been too wet and cold to make dry hay yet….so moisture is both a blessing and a curse! Wishing you and all of us a safe, smooth, and bountiful haying season!
It was awesome meeting you and Jeff today, grandkids loved the goats.
Thanks!
I'm so happy to hear your good news! You've been in a real drought since I discovered you. It was so depressing to see a real drought! (I live in S. Calif and the whole 50+ years I've been here, we've been in an endless drought. it's like it has no meaning any more here, but it was so real for you guys!)
Thanks for all your videos they're so informative, for those of us that are not ranchers and relaxing to watch. Keep the videos coming live streams would be great more often as you don't have to use your time editing.
With all of the tech at your fingertips, you still write on your hand. I love it, I do the same.
Thanks for your information. Yes, you have to be very watchful with your hay costs in today's climate. Nice to see your watchful with the precious ranch funds. Good luck
Great video Mike! I've been doing round bales for 18 continuous years now, but it's always an educated guess. Around my area we can count on anywhere from 2 to 5 round bales per acre, that's based on a 4x5 round bale. The method you mentioned is eye opening information that I am going to try out. I would like to see how that works for my area and confirm, or not, my estimations of yields. Thanks for sharing, have a great rest of the week.
I’m really excited about your being able to hay this year. I was excited before all the math you just did but afterwards it’s even more exciting
Thanks Mike for another very informative video! I Pray the weather holds and you have a successful haying season! Having enough hay from your ranch, to feed your entire herd for the winter, would be totally AWESOME! Until your next video~~~ Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🐃 p.s. your drone shots are great and "green"!
We are all praying for you for the hay harvest! Amen.
Thank you!
$83k saved...This is a life saver for you guys. I'm so happy to see you haying again.
It will cost him about 30 a roll to make hay.. maybe more depending on how he allocates cost of equipment and maintenance....
Here is Se Sask on Brome/Alfalfa we hope for at least 2000lb/ acre. Definately a stressful time of year and a BIG sigh of relief when it is all done.
The hula hoop is what the county uses here in Western WA for weed free hay certification. They come out throw it, take samples ( as many they require off of acreage ) and determine from there if you qualify. Same principle used, love it! Keeps it fair.
The Hula-hoop has worked pretty good for us too.
Beautiful place! Never been to Wyoming yet. Hope to see it in the future. We've got plenty of hay here to sell if any of you are short. Have a great day and god bless you all!
so many years of no haying im so glad you get to do your own ........i remember the first time you had to buy hay and trying to figure out how to pay for it and other things hugsssss
Lol i was doing haymath before kindergarten, i still remember it after 50 years. You have a great evening may the Lord bless you this year with 2 cuttings.
So happy for ya'll. You deserve a break for a change. Looking forward to watching the haying process. ❤🙏
A Super addition to your goal of explaining how food makes its way to peoples tables! You knocked it out of the park on this one, Mike!
Thank you!
Good evening, thank for your show. I watch every time you release new video. Please show Marti at least once a week, I love animals ❤️ and Marti has a special place in my heart. I am planning to visit your ranch to see her. Have a nice and prosperous hay time. Lol.
Bright orange paint or tape on the hoop will help
As with most big tasks, preparation is everything. The screaming 568 computer puts the lump in my throat. I hope you got that sorted on the cheap.
Looking forward to round and rounds in the field. Thanks for sharing, Mike.
I've been following your show for a couple years! Very inspiring thank you! We're excited just starting our own ranch and trying to grow our own TH-cam channel! We are in the Ozarks and now just planting our Fields with hay and Alfalfa seeds!
What an awesome video Mike. I can't wait to see hay cutting. Learned a lot today. God bless ❤.
Glad you enjoyed it, and learned something.
So happy for you guys, the fields look wonderful, look forward to seeing it in the bale.
Hey Mike, I'll be watching. When I was 15 I was haying for friends near Portland Oregon. It was a lot of fun. Now I buy for 2 horses, in San Diego alfalfa is going for $25 / 100# bale! Best of luck with your season.
Been watching for 5 years I believe. Good shit compa
So interesting. May God Bless you and your family all along the way.
I am really happy for y’all and the ranch Mike.
I always learn something when I watch your channel
Very good video. Who knew about the Hula-la-hoop. Glad that you are able to put up hay this year. Thank you.
I can remember when I was a young kid when the hay floor was empty there was what we use to play on and on both sides of the barn had grain 🌾 been's my sister's and I would use the top had what everyone call'ed a 45degere angle and we used it for a sliding board with a brown feed sack and that's what keep us kids out of trouble until it was time to bail Hay
That's a decent yield for there. Good stuff! I'd be curious what the nutrient content is at this point with the fast growth it had. Good video Sir.
Always loved haying season. Miss it very much.
Live stream from raking hay and bailing , thats a good idea ..Pretty decent and simple presentation Mike , glad to see good amount of rain in Northeast Wyoming..Good morning from Greece, Patras
Every time I see you trudge out there with that hula hoop I laugh, Mike. Fingers crossed this year all goes well. Take a second to pause and enjoy it and reflect on the crazy three years it has been.
I am from Ohio and am amazed at how low your hay yield is during a "good" year. I never raised hay but could tell by seeing your drone views that your grass is very thin. I am sure it is normal for your part of the country but still hard for me to wrap my head around. Good luck on your haying this year.
I pray that your hay will do great this year. I love your videos.
Us too Nita, and thanks for watching.
@@OurWyomingLife Your welcome 🤗
Yep,that variety of grass, is interesting! Bev in Maine
In the nineteen seventies outside of Cheyenne, ranchers were allowed to mow hay along state highways. Using the mile markers as a guide, you would bid on the section of the road that you wanted to cut. One person told me that some of the best grass was there because of the runoff of rainwater. Is this still allowed in Wyoming?
I've seen this done in KS and MO but usually it's being baled by the DOT
@@zach_hewitt There was a man who worked with me at McDonalds. He was my source of information. This was also fifty years ago. Rules may have changed.
Mike did a video of the hazards of ditch grass. Think for a moment of all the nasty things that fall off of or are thrown out of cars and trucks on the highway. One punctured $2000 tire on the tractor, foreign debris in the mower, trash and roadkill in the bales. Far too many risks for his small operation.
@@ez1913That makes sense. Some of my extended family are ranchers. I do not recall or seeing them mowing ditch grass
Yes, WYDOT has an allotment system for grass cutting along highways..
So happy to hear that you are bailing this year! Looking forward to the videos of it!
wonder if you can monitor where your massive snow drifts are accumulating deeply and try to catch them with a snow drift fence to hold the water /snow on your land in maybe catch ponds or on pasture grass lands. that might help you hold that high nitrogen moisture on your pasture for spring growth rate. just like the moisture on the edge of the road example you made in this video. more moisture from road runoff accelerating spring plant growth. if anything, else it may help replenish your water tables. most people are trying to keep water on their grounds now a days.
Your explanation was pretty interesting! Thank you Mike!!!
Happy Father's Day Mike
So glad you have had enough moisture for hay. Hope all goes will for putting up the hay. And thanks for breaking down the cost of haying, farming. I was in Island Park ID on the 11th and 12th of June and it rained almost all the time, glad for that moisture. There was 2 1/2 ish feet of snow in the winter and we usually get 3-4 feet, so I was glad for that rain. I hear that Yellowstone got a lot of rain, and the north areas got flooding. Hope those that were impacted can rebuild, Gardner and Red Lodge. I am glad I was at the park earlier, last month.
The Cow Guy in RFD tv uses that word "Segway" all the time🤗.
great time of year, haying!
Good luck with your hay season!
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU MIKE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CUT YOUR OWN HAY THIS YEAR. THE FIELDS LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL AND GREEN. THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE RAIN THIS YEAR AND FOR CONTINUED RAIN IN THE COMING YEARS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Mike, you look very happy today!
I sure am John.
Look at those beautiful Green Fields
Uplifting video! Have worried about your ranch and if there would be enough hay for this year. Thanks for the hula hoop lesson; know I would have lost it even on bare ground. Am a little disappointed you did not give a demonstration of the hula hoop original use.
AWESOME HAYING Mike...
HAPPY FATHERS DAY...
GBY & YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ALWAYS 🙏❤️💙💖💖💙... 💙🤗(Jeff)