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Circle c- are they 3x3 square or how does it work. I've seen the big squared but the ones I saw were probably 3 tall 3deep and about 6 long. I've never bailed alfalfa but I've bought the small squares. It always seemed to be quite a bit heavier than pasture grass we have here
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Matthew 3:2 “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
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I call them squares. But yes, they are rectangle. They ones I call 3x3x7, are actually about 34"x34"x80". They will fit 3 wide on a 102" flatbed without any overhang.
I have bought alfalfa, and alfalfa grass mix, but don't recall ever buying any straight grass squares.
Best thing about them for me, is that I can pack a barn full of hay, without the wasted space of rolls.
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Yeah I can see where they would haul and store easier. Will ur front forks move them. The guy that I knew that bought some was moving them with a bobcat
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I move them with a bobcat, or tractor, using either pallet forks or hay forks. I prefer the hay fork when lifting higher up, but I'll just use whatever piece of equipment I have handy that doesn't have a bucket on it. Here's a pic of some hay forks I built last year. They work fine, but I think for people handling large squares all the time, a 3 spear setup is preferred.  |
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jtmitchell21
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ya i like it my horses look good they eat it everyday its still not completely gone and they got alot of hay to them but imma measure the next one and ask the guy what he thinks the weight is
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It takes a gun to kill a deer but balls to catch a hog
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i dont know were yall come from but there is still a few honest hay farmers around like myself.I sold my hay for 40 a bale. when my neighbor is gettin 85 a bale. But i remember when i didnt have nothin commin out of high school feedin a few horses and calves we had a dry year and they were gettin a 100 a bale. Right then i vowed if i ever got in the hay business that i would take care of people like myself. We got a sayin about this sort of thing i call it a 'do gooder' Do gooders never win but i can sleep at night. i dont know if im stupid or not but people always com back to buy more hay.
I am a Do Gooder also, a do gooder for my family and my stock. Including fertilizer and baling I have $175/ bale in my hay this year. Yeah that is not a misprint, made a whopping .6 bales to the acre. So does that mean that I need to sell my hay for 40/ bale. The market is up because the cost is up and the supply is down. Due to no rain. I have raised hay, jockeyed hay, custom farmed. My margin was always the same. Just because the hay is 100/ roll doesnt mean the people selling it are making a killing. They are probably actually losing money. Not trying to be a D**K, just saying if the farmers were to "help" everybody out, then they wouldnt be in business long.
Austin, I was going to say the same thing. With the taxes on our land, the cost of fertilizer, the cost of paying hands to help put it out, spray the fields for army worms and weeds, cost of the tractors, equipment, and the diesel it takes to keep them going all day, cost of barns to put the hay in, time it takes to put it up, lack of rain and the fact that our cows still have to have enough hay to eat and we need money to feed ourselves... I'll be D*MNED is someone is gunna say I'm not an honest farmer! I'm starvin to death! I work 24/7 in the oilfield so I can afford to make hay! |
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Some people call it damage... I call it hog sign.
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And by the way, we haven't even sold a round bail this year. I gave a few to a couple of my starving friends. If we were to sell some it would have to be WELL OVER $80 a bail or we would just be making ourselves broke and hungry. I'd rather work hard and put up a lot of hay and have money in my pocket to take care of my family than give hay away and be hungry and not have anything to feed my cows in the winter time. If someone wants to complain about the price, go ahead and bail your own hay and I'll keep my hay in the barn and raise more cattle. If you want fat cows it costs money.
We've got close to 400 acres of pasture with over 200 cows, over 100 yearlings, probly 25 bulls, and a few horses. Got one big coastal field and the rest is Tifton 85 and Jiggs. It takes a sh*t load of chicken sh*t and way more rain than we've gotten so far this year to make grass grow on our little dry sand hill. A field that we normaly make close to 100 bails in one cutting has made 2 1/2 this year. Supply and demand is a b*tch but it's the cold hard truth.
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A field that we normaly make close to 100 bails in one cutting has made 2 1/2 this year. 2-1/2 when it usually makes 100? I know it's a drought, but damn... that sounds extremely low by comparison to previous years. I've heard of people going from 3 per acre to .5 per acre, but never a field that would produce 100 down to 2.5... I wouldn't even bale the field for that little yield, I'd just buy the hay. |
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We cut a 100 acres of Sudan and it only made 21 bales and don't look like there will be another cut
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We've got close to 400 acres of pasture with over 200 cows, over 100 yearlings, probly 25 bulls, and a few horses. Got one big coastal field and the rest is Tifton 85 and Jiggs. It takes a sh*t load of chicken sh*t and way more rain than we've gotten so far this year to make grass grow on our little dry sand hill. A field that we normaly make close to 100 bails in one cutting has made 2 1/2 this year. Supply and demand is a b*tch but it's the cold hard truth.
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325 cows and a few horses on 400 acres... that mite be why need so much hay and get 2.5 rolls instead of 100... Surely that was a misprint I agree why even bother cuz 2.5 rolls won't feed 325hd very long at all just wasted time and fuel.. Jmo... Ive always felt that good fortune comes to those that help others... I'd give my last roll to my neighbor for free if he needed it and I'd go pay 100$ a roll for myself if need be... Sure Supporting my family comes first but not to the point to where I'm an a$$ about Helpin someone out... If it cost me that much to b in the cow business to where I just worked to pay for hay I guess I'd downsize my cattle... Which I did when I chose not to bale hay this year because I knew it was too dry for me to invest in baling what little grass there was... All personal preference I suppose but I prefer a less stressful life and any grown man is entitled to make his own choices whether their good or bad. Wish the best for all y'all that are struggling with the hay situation I know it's hard times
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