@@finbarrdinneen3430 We’re blessed this year for sure. The extra hay will allow us to hold the calves longer for more weight and a higher price at sale.
Have you thought about wrapping round bales? That would lessen the work load and you wouldn't need to let it dry so much. The only drawback is the plastic waste. Growing up we would be baling by noon, now 4:00 seems to be about the earliest to make dry hay. That's some nice looking second crop. Looks like you were ready for a nap.
@@pinesedgefarm1155 We bought that silage special baler with that in mind but I haven’t made the move yet. We used to bale earlier too. Seems weather patterns have changed…
Morning Dave & Dawn, coffee’s hot and fall is in the air today…..ahhhhhhhhhh I’ve missed that. I see the “ejecto-magic” has still got you in its sights!
This year we could have got 2nd crop hay but we only had room for about 50 small squares.....I've just been chopping every other day for the cows, giving the pasture a nice break... That looks like some really nice 2nd crop....You can't BS me Dave, it wasn't a shower you wanted, it was a beer 🤣🤣🤣..... Thanks Dave.
I don’t know if you ever noticed this, but on a lot of my second cutting, I can bail at a lot higher moisture and surprisingly it keeps versus first cutting. Have you ever noticed that?
@@michiganhay7844 Yeah. I don’t have a moisture meter so I can’t say for sure, but the bales are always more dense and feel like higher moisture but I’ve rarely had dust or mold. That sweet second crop smell has taken over the barn.
Gotta feel good to be done one part of the years program eh, yeah on the coast of Scotland when we used to make squares we used a Lister to dry the stacks, basically a big blower and you’d build the stacks with vent tubes in them
I bought 269 2 nd crop small squares from a friend of mine this summer. Bought it off the field on the wagons. I found out this summer that at 68, suddenly, I seem to be getting a little long in the tooth to be handling small squares My brother came up for a visit and helped me unload loads 2 and 3. That was a great big boost. Not having to climb up on the wagon. Tear 10 bales loose and throw them down. Then climb down and carry them into the barn and stack them away. I prefer the small squares for feeding but the big squares are so much handier to move by the tractor. Barb thought perhaps I should sell the bale mover and I told her nothing doing! I will reach the point at some point where I just won’t be able to handle doing the small squares
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 At age 68 you’re still a young man! Neighbor Dave is 78 and still farming. Another friend and neighbor farmed until 84 until cancer got him. He died in his sleep after driving his tractor raking hay.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn my Dad lived to the ripe old age of 94. He was well on his way to being 95 Still lived at home alone and helped me with the firewood that last fall. They don’t make them like that anymore
@@raincoast9010 Same thing happened to two of our neighbors when I was in high school. I’ve never forgotten that lesson…no wet hay stacked in the barn!
@@e.a.bfarms We do if needed. Back when my son farmed we made 5K squares for the horse market and we filled that barn but I’d prefer field dried if I have the extra day. We default to round baling tough hay today since we don’t need many squares.
Impressive numbers - excellent video…👍
@@HumbleHaymakers Thanks. We can’t produce like you can but we don’t have to deal with customers…just cows😊.
It's good to have the hay making finished for the season.
Good morning Dave. Always fun to watch, and reminisce. Thank you.
@@brycewiborg8095 Thanks Bryce. We love square baling and the cows really love second crop. The whole barn smells sweet.
Always nice to have too much hay ,then too little hay
@@finbarrdinneen3430 We’re blessed this year for sure. The extra hay will allow us to hold the calves longer for more weight and a higher price at sale.
The bale thrower is a crazy device!
@@raincoast9010 We called pan throwers ‘widow maker’ when I was a kid. Funny I ended up buying one anyway. It hasn’t hit me yet.
Have you thought about wrapping round bales? That would lessen the work load and you wouldn't need to let it dry so much. The only drawback is the plastic waste. Growing up we would be baling by noon, now 4:00 seems to be about the earliest to make dry hay. That's some nice looking second crop. Looks like you were ready for a nap.
@@pinesedgefarm1155 We bought that silage special baler with that in mind but I haven’t made the move yet. We used to bale earlier too. Seems weather patterns have changed…
Good morning Dave and Dawn!
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Morning Gary. You guys getting any rain?
Morning Dave & Dawn, coffee’s hot and fall is in the air today…..ahhhhhhhhhh I’ve missed that.
I see the “ejecto-magic” has still got you in its sights!
@@patrickbachman2184 Morning Patrick. That one straw bale clipped the camera as it flew by. I should be paying attention and not filming😅.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn ,you can find new camera positions….we enjoy seeing the farm!
@@patrickbachman2184 Thanks. Plenty more to come this fall.
Full watch Dave!
This year we could have got 2nd crop hay but we only had room for about 50 small squares.....I've just been chopping every other day for the cows, giving the pasture a nice break... That looks like some really nice 2nd crop....You can't BS me Dave, it wasn't a shower you wanted, it was a beer 🤣🤣🤣..... Thanks Dave.
@@brenterickson1695 I might have had a beer before and after the shower😂.
That looks like a lot of work Dave!
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 Good for me. An old farmer used to tell us stacking bales sweats the poison out of a man😉.
Good afternoon Dawn and Dave.
That's some nice second cut!!
Little weight difference between that and the straw..lol..
@@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin I still feel young when I throw straw bales. We have a big market for straw and not enough grain this year….
Nice hay Dave. No second for us this year. We never got any rain after first was done.
@@farawayfarm2520 Same here. Most fields were too short to cut second crop.
I don’t know if you ever noticed this, but on a lot of my second cutting, I can bail at a lot higher moisture and surprisingly it keeps versus first cutting. Have you ever noticed that?
@@michiganhay7844 Yeah. I don’t have a moisture meter so I can’t say for sure, but the bales are always more dense and feel like higher moisture but I’ve rarely had dust or mold. That sweet second crop smell has taken over the barn.
Gotta feel good to be done one part of the years program eh, yeah on the coast of Scotland when we used to make squares we used a Lister to dry the stacks, basically a big blower and you’d build the stacks with vent tubes in them
@@piperdoug428 I’ve never heard of that but sounds like a great idea. We struggled with wet square bales before we went to round bales.
I bought 269 2 nd crop small squares from a friend of mine this summer.
Bought it off the field on the wagons.
I found out this summer that at 68, suddenly, I seem to be getting a little long in the tooth to be handling small squares
My brother came up for a visit and helped me unload loads 2 and 3.
That was a great big boost.
Not having to climb up on the wagon. Tear 10 bales loose and throw them down. Then climb down and carry them into the barn and stack them away.
I prefer the small squares for feeding but the big squares are so much handier to move by the tractor.
Barb thought perhaps I should sell the bale mover and I told her nothing doing!
I will reach the point at some point where I just won’t be able to handle doing the small squares
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 At age 68 you’re still a young man! Neighbor Dave is 78 and still farming. Another friend and neighbor farmed until 84 until cancer got him. He died in his sleep after driving his tractor raking hay.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn my Dad lived to the ripe old age of 94.
He was well on his way to being 95
Still lived at home alone and helped me with the firewood that last fall.
They don’t make them like that anymore
@@tractortalkwithgary1271 You have good genes. I expect 25 more years of Tractor Talk with Gary before you retire your camera😅.
The bales I was referring to are 60 lb bales. Really nice hay!
Hay is really hard to dry this time of year. I had a hard time drying third cutting hay 2 weeks ago.
@@pagrainfarmer Northern climate hay making blues.
Dave have you ever thought of round baling and wrapping the wetter second crop?
@@doncc6080 We don’t have a wrapper. If we had one I’d start earlier, wrap first crop, and get second crop on a lot more fields.
@@Rollinghillsfarmsmn
Are there any for rent or is there a wrapping service near you?
Your cattle would love some fermented hay!!!
@@doncc6080 Not that I’ve ever seen. No dealerships within 70 miles.
Had a neighbor who lost a barn and it was said it was wet small square bales...
@@raincoast9010 Same thing happened to two of our neighbors when I was in high school. I’ve never forgotten that lesson…no wet hay stacked in the barn!
You ever stack cut edge down and salt between layers?
@@e.a.bfarms We do if needed. Back when my son farmed we made 5K squares for the horse market and we filled that barn but I’d prefer field dried if I have the extra day. We default to round baling tough hay today since we don’t need many squares.