A forum community dedicated to hay, forage and silage owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about tractors, machinery, harvesting, soils, pests, ranching, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! Jul 16, 2019 · But then, you also aren't running the same field year after year in grass without regular roundup treatments or something equivalent. For us permanent hay guys, short of nuking a field and starting over, we can get some cumulative broad leaf and annual grass challenges. Mar 17, 2025 · Hay Cut Height Jump to Latest 2.6K views 16 replies 9 participants last post by greenwoodcreations Mar 26, 2025 dbbtractor Discussion starter Jun 14, 2025 · Over grown hay that has been put up right is more valuable than hay cut in its prime and rained on until it is complete garbage. If getting the crop harvested at the right time is a perennial problem I would look at doing something different, whether that be different equipment of speed the drying process or going to some form of silage. Jan 23, 2023 · Welcome to this forum Where are you located? Place ads desiring to haul hay on Facebook or local farmer related bulletin boards. Are you desiring to haul small sq, large sq or rd bales? Do you have any previous experience hauling hay? Jul 17, 2010 · Studies have shown hay fires often occur within 6 weeks of baling high moisture hay. Some of us have hay in that time-frame that may have been baled in excess of 20 percent moisture. To be safe small rectangular bales should have moisture content less than 20 percent and large rectangular or Jan 27, 2025 · I've custom baled hay for over 35 yrs & sometimes weather deals making hay a heavy blow! I seriously doubt hay producers are harvesting/selling moldy hay that is being regularly shipped as good hay to other countries. I have no experience baling hay utilizing preservatives but I've read where applying preservatives will control mold up to a certain moisture % but does give hay a different Dec 19, 2022 ·

Hello everyone, I’m brand new, and excited to join this community and learn about hay farming. I’m here to ask questions that’s probably been asked 1000s of time on this site. My wife and I recently decided to get into hay farming to support our little horse farm in WV. To help reduce startup Nov 24, 2017 · Help identifying “Hay” - not Timothy Hay? Jump to Latest 14K views 17 replies 7 participants last post by Beav Nov 29, 2017 N Aug 24, 2016 · With lighter hay (including 2nd and on cuttings), we may have doubled or tripled the windows (taking 2 or 3 mower passes together). Being you have an older baler, I would suggest a window of say 12-16 inches high by 20-24 inches wide after exiting the rake (over night, you windrow may settle).