2013 Hay Season

[bigbull338]

we are going to try to start cutting 100acs monday if everything goes ok.im ready to start seeing some rolled up around here.an to see if we need to go for a 2nd cutting in mid aug.itll be nice to see big heavy bales again.

 

[Grateful11]

The Oats here made about 3 1/2 tons per acre this Spring. Best crop they've had in a long time, maybe ever.

 

[foreman Etexas]

We got 1&1/4in. Rain today,hay looking good at the house

 

[blueriver]

So far only a few square bales put up .. A lot of rain and the fields look great. Forecast shows 14 days of sun and temps will reach 99 degrees .. Need a couple days to dry the fields and then I'll be putting the bales in the barn .. Am going to do 90% squares this year .. Demand for square bales is high.

Here's how I handle squares ...

http://www.haybuddysystems.com

 

[bglz42]

Foreman, that is a great pic! What kind of grass is that?

 

[foreman Etexas]

Foreman, that is a great pic! What kind of grass is that?

Thanks! Grasshopper fertilizer 30-8-10 and 4gal.Grazon P+D
Coastal with bahia all in it,use to spray to kill out the bahia but thats a costly losing battle...

 

[Lou66]

We got 1&1/4in. Rain today,hay looking good at the houseView attachment 321393

Looks like its starting to seed,, good timing on the cutting,, Nice looking young man.. also the hay field.. Lou

 

[Dr_Zinj]

We hire crews of teenage young men to stack the bales on trucks and trailers. The bales go from the field to the barn where again the crews of high school guys, under direction of my wife, stack the hay in the barn.

It is labor intensive, but we can pay a lot of help for the cost of a round baler and retrofitting the feeding troughs in the barn.

I remember getting $20 a day as a teenager doing that. 3 or 4 weeks work paid for scout camp for the summer, and had some mad money for books, dates, and gas for my parent's car when I borrowed it.

 

[blueriver]

I remember getting $20 a day as a teenager doing that. 3 or 4 weeks work paid for scout camp for the summer, and had some mad money for books, dates, and gas for my parent's car when I borrowed it.

We never got paid ... Dad and his friends just traded the boys between them during hay seaso ...I always got the field cause I could stack the hay rack behind the baler ... Sure beat the hot hay loft

 

[Lou66]

I worked for Edmond James out of Arpelar for three summer before taking off to the service.. we got one dollar a ton,,30 bales to the ton,, 5 tons to the truck,, three of us,, you loaded and unloaded for that 3 cent a bale,, Mr. James had the hay lease at the Savanna army depot there in Oklahoma,, we had to use the back gate which came out of Haywood,, good day 50 tons short runs..but the long run maybe 20 ton or four trips.. 9am to sundown,,

I pay a dollar a bale to have it stacked in the barn from my hay fields now.. less than quarter mile.. times have changed,, feed them lunch plus gator, bottle water, and equipment to the do the job.. Lou

 

[blueriver]

I pay a dollar a bale to have it stacked in the barn from my hay fields now.. less than quarter mile.. times have changed,, feed them lunch plus gator, bottle water, and equipment to the do the job.. Lou

How many do you put up in a year?

 

[Lou66]

How many do you put up in a year?

Square bale, 65 pounds,, about a thousand in the barn the rest of it is round bales.. last year I only got 52 round bales total,, 4x5,, this year I have not had a cutting.. but with this rain the last month maybe my the end of the month June,, I can do some round bales,, Might add if I sell in the field the squares are a dollar cheater,, if I store it then it goes up a dollar,, still lose money on the food and drinks but they are grandsons most of the time.. Lou

 

[blueriver]

Square bale, 65 pounds,, about a thousand in the barn the rest of it is round bales.. last year I only got 52 round bales total,, 4x5,, this year I have not had a cutting.. but with this rain the last month maybe my the end of the month June,, I can do some round bales,, Might add if I sell in the field the squares are a dollar cheater,, if I store it then it goes up a dollar,, still lose money on the food and drinks but they are grandsons most of the time.. Lou

How much are square bales bringing there?

 

[Lou66]

How much are square bales bringing there?

it got has high as eleven dollars a bale in the field.. I sold mine at six and half out of the barn,, five and half in the field.. that's 21% jig,, lab tested and certified,, mostly for horse but some buy it and blends with other grasses to feed to cows.. Lou

 

[JasG]

Still been raining here. I know a few people who still have not gotten all of their corn planted and no hay in. Yesterday we got over 2" of rain after a week of showers. This has been the coldest and wettest possibly on record for this area.

 

[blueriver]

Still been raining here. I know a few people who still have not gotten all of their corn planted and no hay in. Yesterday we got over 2" of rain after a week of showers. This has been the coldest and wettest possibly on record for this area.

It sure has been a long cold and wet spring for you

 

[AKfish]

it got has high as eleven dollars a bale in the field.. I sold mine at six and half out of the barn,, five and half in the field.. that's 21% jig,, lab tested and certified,, mostly for horse but some buy it and blends with other grasses to feed to cows.. Lou

Wow!! That's a buck a bale higher than Alaska! Hot and dry up here (well, if 75F is hot...)! But, no rain for 3 weeks and it's starting to get a bit dusty. If this weather keeps up - I'll be baling by the 4th of July.

AKfish

 

[Lou66]

AK,, that was last year,, this year who knows,, rice hay which is a by product,, sells for 30 dollars normally (5x6),, but last year I paid 110 dollars a bale,, not the best of hays but it kept them quiet till some grass started to grow.. It got to the point that I had to cut my herd by 80%.. still waiting on the rain.. three years ago I would have had one cutting in the barn and getting ready for the second by now,, I am still looking for my first.. Lou

 

[aczlan]

Between me being out of town for family stuff and the weather, we haven't cut yet. Hay was pretty much ready to be cut when I left 2 weeks ago, so it should be interesting.

Aaron Z

 

[corey9212]

People out here already got their first cut done, baled and brought in.