Anyone made any hay yet?

Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
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Near Colchester
i would give the headlands another day if you have anything like a hedge, mines reading 13% in the middle of the field and im convinced its not hay yet
Mine to, I got the baler out this afternoon 'just to see' did 4 bales, 3 of which have been thrown back in to the swaths.

9 days cut now, may not even go tomorrow.

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No sign of a hedge or anything there either.
 

7610 super q

Never Forgotten
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Yes true!
I don't like putting hay in the barn and finding out in 6 months that it'd stuck together and a bit dusty!
Only joking.:D
My bone of contention with plastic is the cost. Folks just won't pay anything in this part of the world, so the job has to be done on the cheap. Even did away with fert this year to keep costs down.:(
 

DrWazzock

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Well I've saved the county from the thunderstorms that were forecast for this evening by busting a gut in the blazing heat to get all my hay baled up and gathered by this afternoon. So it won't rain now!

Some of it could have done with another day but darent risk leaving it. Not too bad, one or two "steamers" but most of it very acceptable. I've baled hay a lot wetter and it was alright. Cooks in the stack.
 

Grassman

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Location
Derbyshire
interesting all this so many % moisture that some go on about, I don't know what % hay should be, I hardly ever get out of the tractor to look at it, just go by how it goes through the tedder when its right get the baler going and get it in the shed
You are spot on. If you need a moisture meter to make hay your in the wrong job!
I tried my meter yesterday on some hay and got readings from 5% to 30% out of 5 bales. I had planned on wrapping it anyway but thought perhaps I could put the middles of the fields in the barn instead. It all got wrapped!
 

rob1

Member
Location
wiltshire
surley everyone on here been bailing hay long enough to know when its fit to bale with out moisture meters?? Is it crucial to get it bang on when supplying the equine market?
Too dry is just as bad as not dry enough for nags and dust, baled a bit sat that was cut thurs and was nearly too dry, last year I left it a day too long and its like sticks. Ryegrass can take days to get that last bit out, but old meadow is very different
 

Vincent

Member
Location
Kildare Ireland
What we were seeing here was that the hay was drawing the moisture up from the ground as land is damp enough for this time of year.we rowed up the day before and them moved the swarth over to dry ground with the rake. But some of the heavier haylage grass seemed to come fit before lighter old meadow grass.
 

4course

Member
Location
north yorks
surley everyone on here been bailing hay long enough to know when its fit to bale with out moisture meters?? Is it crucial to get it bang on when supplying the equine market?
its absolutely crucial, problem is most dont have an idea what quality hay is and only know that they can buy it for less than you can make it from a guy down the road selling a bit of surplus for cash, an old boy once told me there was more hay wasted in a good time and on hearing some folks are baling after 3 or 4 days agree with him
 
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