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Last Farm in America to Mow Hay? It's been a wet June...

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  • Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
  • We're finally starting to mow our hayfields...the latest start of haying season in 38 years on this farm. Many of our hayfields are still standing in water creating new challenges this season. #familyfarming, #farming, #hay, #baling.

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  • @patrickbachman2184
    @patrickbachman2184 27 днів тому +3

    Morning Dave…soggy hay is a pain but the bright side is neighbor Dave is back in the fields!

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому +1

      Yeah it’s good to see him back to normal. We have plenty of tractor work for him this summer.

  • @brenterickson1695
    @brenterickson1695 24 дні тому +1

    I feel your pain.....We've got water standing in places too.....Good to see Dave out tearing up the hay, 2 months vacation must have done him good....Let's hope the nice weather continues and we all get our hay up. Thanks Dave.

  • @brycewiborg8095
    @brycewiborg8095 27 днів тому +2

    This year presents a whole new bunch of challenges. I know of one hilltop spring. I don't claim to understand that. Thank you Dave.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому +1

      Yeah we have wet spots in areas normally dry. It may be August before we can cut everything.

  • @tractortalkwithgary1271
    @tractortalkwithgary1271 27 днів тому +2

    Good morning Dave and Dawn.
    We have wet spots in the fields that I have never seen before

  • @pinesedgefarm1155
    @pinesedgefarm1155 27 днів тому +2

    Plenty of those wet spots around this year. Hopefully the weather cooperates. Good to see neighbor Dave back out in the field. That 488 haybine must be one of the very last ones built.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому +1

      Thanks. He bought it new just over two years ago. Very few acres on it. We like to use it on alfalfa thats not lodged or twisted.

  • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
    @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 27 днів тому +1

    Good morning Dawn and Dave ☕☕☕
    We've cut through so water... Especially in creek bottom when the beaver sneak in..

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому

      I just hate making ruts because they come back to haunt you after the grass grows back. Axle breakers…

  • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
    @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 27 днів тому +1

    Wet spots like that, we bale the dry, then roll the wet stuff to dry ground. Time consuming, but you gotta do what you gotta do..

  • @goatfarmmb
    @goatfarmmb 26 днів тому +1

    Good afternoon Dave
    Sure isn't fun when a field or two is to wet to mow, I can remember we had a year that we had to mow just like that and leave some standing, we did mostly silage bales though, some hay too though but I personally perfer baling hay and feeding hay. Glade to hear your neighbor Dave is able to do field work I hope he takes care.
    greetings from Southern Manitoba

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому

      I should invest in a wrapper since the round baler is a silage special. That wouldn’t solve the standing water but would allow more flexibility with damp hay.

    • @goatfarmmb
      @goatfarmmb 25 днів тому

      @@Rollinghillsfarmsmn if ya can get one of them Tubeliner bale wrappers they use less plastic then the single bale wrappers

  • @farawayfarm2520
    @farawayfarm2520 26 днів тому +1

    Pretty tough to dry hay when it's swimming. 😳 Hopefully you got it all off. I suppose I should look at the weather and see what the status of our weekend storms is.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому +1

      We all baled but a few wet rows. 290 square bales and 113 round bales. It’s a start.

  • @HumbleHaymakers
    @HumbleHaymakers 26 днів тому +1

    That ground moisture is unbelievable! Dry as a bone here…

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому

      Not sure which is worse. Are you going to have a hay shortage?

    • @HumbleHaymakers
      @HumbleHaymakers 25 днів тому

      @@Rollinghillsfarmsmn We sell everything, so I thing hay will be short. I’ve heard some are feeding hay now.

  • @michiganhay7844
    @michiganhay7844 27 днів тому +1

    I’m only about a quarter of the way through first

  • @woodsgremlin9995
    @woodsgremlin9995 27 днів тому +1

    I haven't started yet. I don't have any fields without standing water even on the higher parts.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  27 днів тому

      Welcome to the ‘wet ground’ club. It’s kind of depressing.

  • @e.a.bfarms
    @e.a.bfarms 27 днів тому +1

    Do you know what year daves haybine is? Looks pretty new for a sickle machine!

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому

      21 or 22. Very few acres on it. We love it for alfalfa that isn’t lodged or too tall.

  • @raincoast9010
    @raincoast9010 26 днів тому +1

    Will you make a water way to get the water off the field?

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому +1

      We have them in some of our fields, installed many years ago. Probably too expensive to build now for the rare years like this one.

  • @piperdoug428
    @piperdoug428 26 днів тому +1

    Man Ye might need to just make silage bales outa that stuff

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  25 днів тому

      Believe it or not we got it baled. Took an extra day to dry and lost a little color but the alfalfa should be good.