The Official Farming Thread...

[jakethesnake]

Ok I reAd up on it never had an issue whatsoever with that. We use bearded barley but it may help that if sits in the bale for a good while

 

[concretegrazer]

seems like it is getting harder to kill johnson grass so i cut it for hay cows still eat it and beats a snowball
i know a guy with soybeans up the road that has sprayed some johnson grass with round up and 2 4 D and it seemed like it didn't faze it.
he asked me about and i told him to mix it a bit stronger and it only maimed it but didn't kill it.
horse weed and waterhemp is the only one that can't be killed here either got to pull it out mow it or cut it down.

Somethings not adding up here. 2-4d would be a no go on beans. Lots of ways to deal with it in beans. It might take 2 passes to kill it all.

 

[jakethesnake]

Yes 24d smokes broad leaves not grass so much so beans would be fried If you were to try to kill it after the harvest there are some options I have good luck spraying in the fall If I see Johnson grass I'll honestly walk to it to cut the head off it

 

[jakethesnake]

I haven't saw any Johnson grass in years down here I have more problems with mares tails than anything roundup works pretty good if you spray if in the fall and If you get after those little bastards when they first come up they'll die

 

[Mastermind]

I raked some hay up yesterday and it was a little damp still. Overnight it rained a little. Should I ted it, or Let it dry as is?

 

[jakethesnake]

Grass? How much did it rain I try to leave alone if possible It's yer hay stick with yer gut on it If it only wet the top good I'd let it be hard to call hay. On thing bout grass though it can take a beating with a rake or Tedder
My barley shells out the more you touch on it

 

[Mastermind]

Yeah grass. I just looked at it. No way around tedding it back out. I'll wait till the ground is dry between to rows, then get on it.

 

[Mastermind]

It's gonna be fine.........if it dries pretty quick. They are calling for rain this evening again. It's spread out and drying. Fingers crossed.

 

[czar800]

Are you rolling it or square bales?

 

[Mastermind]

Are you rolling it or square bales?

Square bales.

 

[dall]

that sucks it got wet . been raining alot here and noone has been cutting yet hopefully it will turn out good

 

[czar800]

Nice night for some farming!

 

[czar800]

Lots of red hood's around OPE!!

 

[exSW]

I'm looking to get into this view.

 

[Mastermind]

The hay turned out just fine. Y'all remember the little baler we built from that crashed New Holland? Well it works like a charm. several hundred bale thru it this week.

 

[dall]

cool randy not many know how time and work on the old balers

 

[Mastermind]

On the balers, it's all about the wipers. If they ain't right, it just never makes good knots.

 

[jake wells]

Somethings not adding up here. 2-4d would be a no go on beans. Lots of ways to deal with it in beans. It might take 2 passes to kill it all.

before planting sorry about that nobody has really had any good weather to put anything in the ground.
more rainy days than sunny ones.

 

[jakethesnake]

On the balers, it's all about the wipers. If they ain't right, it just never makes good knots.

Without pictures...

 

[jakethesnake]

Muffin in corn .... Yeah those rows are that crooked marker cylinder blew today completely trying to get caught up wet wet wet