The Official Farming Thread...

[ajschainsaws]

Lots of haying and planting going on right now! Weather is cooperating right now. Wheat harvest about 3 weeks away!

I was thinking with all the rain this spring early summer it was going too be a difficult harvest

 

[ajschainsaws]

Managed to bale some dry yesterday.

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Loooking good not too brown underneath should regrow pretty quick

 

[ajschainsaws]

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I’ve yet to see a wad/clump of crap or green hay this pig won’t suck up mid bale or starting one. Some of the gents my Dad & brother bale for are masters at wadding up green crap in the windrows. Their L model baler is another story, it can be rather finicky about starting a bale, I’ve spent more time than I care to admit to digging that turd out. Dads old H model was a better baler than his L model is.

That’s my type of baler crack on

 

[amberg]

On a roll!! the game camera caught me.

 

[czar800]

Haven’t been able to get anything planted or any hay made in almost 2 weeks... Normally have 1st cutting almost done and planting completely done by June.

 

[amberg]

Haven’t been able to get anything planted or any hay made in almost 2 weeks... Normally have 1st cutting almost done and planting completely done by June.

Same here, to much rain so far! They did manage
to get about 650 bales so far! ( my corn is toast this year)

 

[concretegrazer]

I finished drilling beans yesterday. The last half acre was in the rain. Fitting for the year. Silage corn is still in the bags. About the time it drys enough to start thinking about it more rain hits.

 

[czar800]

From what I read and watch it seems to be wet across the country. Last fall and this spring are going to really have a effect on things to come with the markets.

 

[amberg]

Got a few bales done yesterday before the rain, and a couple baby bales. More rain today!

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

From what I read and watch it seems to be wet across the country. Last fall and this spring are going to really have a effect on things to come with the markets.

The hay/straw market is already nuts after last year. This spring isn't helping.

I was talking to a straw broker that I do business with through work, and he said that thousands of acres of winter wheat never got planted in DE/MD/VA last year, because they couldn't get on the fields. That's going to add up.

 

[czar800]

This is the closest I’ve ever come to running over a calf.... another second and it would have been a bad evening. It never moved and I had to pick it up to get it out of the way.

I’ve hit fawns and groundhogs before with the Haybine...

I’m super glad I seen that bull calf just in time.

 

[czar800]

 

[Louie B]

Close call

 

[Steve]

That would have been bad!

 

[Only the Tony]

Had an uncle that hit one with a sickle mower once while cutting hay. Not a good thing to have happen.

 

[JimBear]

This is the closest I’ve ever come to running over a calf.... another second and it would have been a bad evening. It never moved and I had to pick it up to get it out of the way.

I’ve hit fawns and groundhogs before with the Haybine...

I’m super glad I seen that bull calf just in time.


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Are you just buzzing off some fescue & orchard grass? That looks like some stuff we would be mowing off for hay. Dad likes to buzz his off with the bat wing in late summer, seems to think it helps with pink eye, stems & eyeball poking, flys & such. That was always the vets opinion also.

 

[czar800]

Are you just buzzing off some fescue & orchard grass? That looks like some stuff we would be mowing off for hay. Dad likes to buzz his off with the bat wing in late summer, seems to think it helps with pink eye, stems & eyeball poking, flys & such. That was always the vets opinion also.

It’s too wet to plant anything so I’m clipping pastures. Your right it’s mostly orchard grass, but it’s thinner then it looks in the pictures. I like to mow for everything you said and to get a nice regrowth. I’ll keep the cows off of it for at least few weeks while it’s growing back. The manure will crust over then and leave not place for the flys to lay there eggs.

It’s definitely worth mowing and moving cows if you can just to help avoid pink eye.

I’v been beat down with pink eye in the past and It gets bad fast..

 

[amberg]

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The little bast ids just won't move until the old cow comes to get them.

 

[amberg]

The camera caught the gator leaving the other farm after spraying a load of 24d and roundup on the driveway and the buildings.

 

[Only the Tony]

Tractor has lights. Drooping hay at 3am and then watching to fog roll off the fresh cut windrow as the sun comes up.