glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Yip
No point in getting ahead of yourself
Hay making 2020
- Thread starter Mark C
- Start date
No point in getting ahead of yourself
How long is it taking to make ?
Cut yesterday will prob bale Sunday but will give it a bit longer
Ryegrass ?
Cocksfoot Timothy mainly
- Location
- Ceredigion
You wont have grass then it be Autumn leaves . Hay bales everywhere in Wiltshire and I'm loading in Sussex monday .
Fools rush in ...
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Whats hay price?
I suppose it's traditional in a long hot spell of weather to come out with such daft sayings as " Hay is being made from fields that haven't seen a mower for years ".
Do what b*llocks ??
Do what b*llocks ??
- Location
- Ceredigion
Guys I buy off been making hay for generations, lots of hay .they ain't idiots .they know what they are doing .
- Location
- Ceredigion
Iv got best Lincolnshire hay still in my shed from the last drought two year back . It's got everything in it from Brambles and wood except, grass of course, it may just sell this time
If someone offers you best hay from North Lincolnshire. Turn and head for Wiltshire
Those arable boys!
- Location
- Ceredigion
That was cut 4 hours ago, its half way to Hay now , if it dries much more with be in Northampton [emoji38]
BDBed
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- Location
- Melton Mowbray
It always amazes me the variety in opinions on hay making. As a contractor I see the man that always rushes and will bale it green and the man that will always give it that extra day. I know which one I trust to say it’s ready. I learnt very early on in my hay making career that if someone says it’s ready or nearly ready it’s usually isn’t. For this reason I’m not a fan of early hay as there is not the patience to give time and make it properly.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Dad made hay all his life like most of his age . He knew to a few hours if hay was ready , I have not had a lot of experience myself but I did cheat a little. Kept the small baler parked in the field . Would try half a row . The Baler would tell you straight away if it was not fit to bale . And also the weight of the bale . I know a few big farmers who have baled a lot of hay for years . They will be baling hay now. They have the same knowledge as dad did.
Must come from experience and the determination to get it right
glasshouse
Member
- Location
- lothians
We used to have an international 241 round baler, one of the first in the uk.
It wouldnt bale hay if it wasnt right.
And sometimes when it was?
- Location
- Ceredigion
The man who Bales the hay should be made to stack it . By hand . I learnt baling straw to check Bales every half hour or so , winding the pressure down till around 4 then back of again till about 7 on good days ,then stop
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
All this early hay will be too good for most horses I supply.