Caught in the Rye!

donjr · Jun 4, 2012

Duaghter's friend wanted the last ten acres of rye straw we have. Made her a deal- I'll bale it, she picks it up. I'm well past handling idiot bricks-- learned my lesson 30 years ago.

SweetFeet · Jun 4, 2012

Beautiful photos! Love the one of it going into the baler. Neat.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 4, 2012

Is that the 14t that was asked about the other day on here. It looks like it is stuffing out nice bales for 50 odd year old baler.

GeneMO · Jun 4, 2012

That is something you dont see much of anymore. I dont know of any rye grown in this area.

We grew some in the early 70's. I know we combined it, then baled the straw/hay. I think my dad may have fed some of the rye. Maybe a little in a fat cattle ration, and some to fat hogs.

Gene

kj(seil) · Jun 4, 2012

my dad always raised some rye for feed and baled the straw----fat cattle ration.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 4, 2012

It is grown in NY as a straw crop. It is mowed when it starts to turn from green to yellow and left spread out on the ground in the sun (hopefully) for a few days. It bleaches a pale yellow in the sun and is then raked and baled for the straw market. It is the straw of choice for some horse farms. That market has sofened some the last couple of years so not as much is done. It doesn't go through a combine.

tomstractorsandtoys1 · Jun 4, 2012

Was that rye ran thru a combine, or are you spraying it then mowing and baling? If spraying what did you use and how long did you wait to mow and bale? We can use straw but have no need for the grain and have been thinking about planting rye for the straw then no-tilling beans.

Ultradog MN · Jun 4, 2012

Been reading J. D. Salinger again Donjr?

Rich Iowa · Jun 4, 2012

Sure are some nice photos, and good looking bales. Only bad part is now you have to go back out and pick them up!

toadady · Jun 4, 2012

if the daughter's friend is a looker, then she won't have any trouble finding some young buckers to buck those bales

donjr · Jun 4, 2012

Got a bunch of latinos working for them- deal is they pick the hay up if I don't get a wagon from them for behind the baler---

donjr · Jun 4, 2012

Just allowed to start to head, then cut with a discbine, and allowed to bleach and dry. Horsey set likes it because it's a long straw and not all chewed up like it went thru a rotary combine. It may have to be tedded a few times to get it to bleach out, and a bit of rain doesn't seem to hurt it- this stuff had 3" last Thursday.

donjr · Jun 4, 2012

Nope. But I see there are still a lot of them around. Notice the green pickup. This one is an oldie- the newer ones had yellow pickups. This one was given to me by the daughter of an old landlord after he passed a few years back. I've ben farming the place for at least 30 years, and it's been that long since this one saw the sun; it was parked in a shed under some well pipe, tarps and other treasures. It took me a couple of hours to get all the hickory and walnut shells out of the head and other small places. Then, it needed 3 new springs and a good cleaning. There was still some twine, about 1 1/2 balls on each side, which I re-strung and baled up several hundred bales with. I've since gone from sisal to plastic and haven't had to make an adkustment to the knotters. It broke two bales early, and three latre in the first round, and I backed off two turns on ech side, and it didn't miss a bale the rest of the day.

donjr · Jun 4, 2012

State is giving us $100 an acre to plant it behind corn as a cover crop.

RGMartin · Jun 5, 2012

What state? I'd do it in a heartbeat if someone would pay for it.

donjr · Jun 5, 2012

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