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Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1

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Allan In NE

05-29-2006 10:29:50




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Hi All,

The silly hay was now way to dry to bale.

Sick of looking at it, tired of messin' with the program, have other fish to fry, so I baled it anyway. Pure Alfalfa Powder anyone? Look at the trash under that baler! :>(

Bunched it, stacked it and now I'm off to the farm store to get some hydraulic tips for the hay sled. I'm gettin' it the heck off of the field before somebody drives by and sees that mess. Yep, I'm flat out ashamed of this hay crop. :>)

Allan

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NcNE

05-29-2006 23:25:37




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Hey there Allan. I know exactly what you mean. I just got back from my farm trying to put up hay. Wind came up and blew away what very little moisture we had. So stinkin dry the baler plugged up twice because it just plain beat it into powder. Gonna go check early in the morning but im not going to hold my breath. Really enjoy the pics you send too by the way. If I can remember to throw in a camera I"ll try and send some pics from the central part of the state. Happy Haying
Nick

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Allan In NE

05-30-2006 04:31:50




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to NcNE, 05-29-2006 23:25:37  
Yes Sir,

Like cowman says, if it is put up right, ya never loose a leaf. I had green powder just rollin' out of the thing!

And like you say, nothin' seems to work right when you are balin' and grindin' at the same time. :>)

Allan

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John A.

05-29-2006 18:26:39




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Allan, Back when I was in the Okie Strip, we had to bale our Alfalfa at night after the dew came up. Or it would shatter out way too much and leave nothing but stems. We never had any problem with spoilage or mold of any kind. We would rather bale in the day time, but the dryier humiditify of the high plains pretty much dictated it.
Or you will need that chemical (sprayed on the crop as it goes into the bales) that allowes you to bale at higher miosture content. anyway good luck on the next cutting!
Later,
John A.

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hay

05-29-2006 14:37:54




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
gotta love that red machinery! dry here too in se texas. making hay in droughty conditions like ours is tough. i keep wondering if it is ever gonna rain and make the grass grow or take the losses now and bale.



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Charles Mo

05-29-2006 13:50:20




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Allan just wanted an excuse to post some pics of nice red machinery. Thanks allan.



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Glen in TX

05-29-2006 13:33:20




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
One neighbor here has humidity meter with an alarm on it and he spends more than one night out there in a tent or pickup waiting till humidity is right and then starts baling. Usually in the wee hours of morning and not daylight. That's what you have to do when baling for a living or just not whine and buy hay from someone else. Seldom we ever baled anything in daylight. I don't see enough lights on that tractor and baler.

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Nebraska Cowman

05-29-2006 14:20:46




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Glen in TX, 05-29-2006 13:33:20  
I'm sure there are exceptions but I find I have plenty of time to bale between daylight and noon. In places with high dew that don't work but in dry country the hay never does get tough enough. I was in the field before daylight this morning and you could crunch the hay in your hand like potato chips. Way too dry to bale. What'a ya gonna do?



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Glen in TX

05-29-2006 14:54:26




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-29-2006 14:20:46  
Yeah just humidity of 12% here now and that's up from 3-10% where it was. We usually started at 2-3am or whenever the humidity was up. Doesn't always work way or someplaces will be too wet but what works here when it's dry like this. Guys around here got all their drought wheat baled but you don't see anyone here trying it during the day unless they are new at it. I know sometimes it does work to bale it in daylight though and just depends on crop and humidity. Your local NWS gives you by county something to go by on humidity. We listen to their radio channel when out on fires for wind and weather changes and they are fairly accurate on it. Better than the tv guys. There are lots of tools out there for getting hay done when humidity is right is all I'm saying... ...1200 PM CDT Tuesday May 30 2006...

Time Weather Temp Humidity Wind 3 PM Clear 92 9 CALM 6 PM Clear 92 9 S9 9 PM Clear 82 15 S11 Midn Clear 72 29 SE11 3 AM Clear 66 48 SE9 6 AM Clear 62 70 S4 9 AM Clear 67 59 S6 Noon Clear 79 31 S9

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Nebraska Cowman

05-29-2006 12:24:43




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Looks mighty fine to me. I didn't take pictures of my mess. Guys that b*tch about rain should have to put up hay in dry weather once.


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RickL

05-29-2006 12:00:49




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Why you got it baled with no rain on it. That the difference between chain balers and belt balers in any hay from what learned in this area. you will always find piles behind them. If you go to the net wrap it will really help contain it also. Its for your own us e isn't it so animals are not going to say anything. otherwise sell it. nobody would have known if didn't bring it up. thats the way large square hay has tio be to keep

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Coloken

05-29-2006 10:48:56




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
If it don't rain pretty soon, those bales may look like pure gold.



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snappie

05-29-2006 10:42:38




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
you should have small sq. it and sold it for horse hay. horses love the course hay and its better for them. most horses turn their nose up to fine, 2nd, 3rd. cut hay



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4010guy

05-29-2006 12:52:45




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to snappie, 05-29-2006 10:42:38  
gess i dont see why anybody would have any problom with 2nd or 3tird cut hay---we always eat ours with ranch. ;>)



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Harley

05-29-2006 10:40:26




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Allan In NE, 05-29-2006 10:29:50  
Two things there buddy. one, if they weren"t there helping you with it, they ain"t got anything to say about it. Two, I bet the cows won"t care what the bales look like, ya gotta take the string off it to feed it anyway. Looks pretty good from here.



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steveormary

05-29-2006 13:22:07




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 Re: Hay Is Too Derned Dry!1 in reply to Harley, 05-29-2006 10:40:26  
Alan;

You must have nothing to do. Quit yer b_____n and get to work. Hay looks ok to me.

steve



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