I've read a lot of comments about them not doing a good job cutting alfalfa, but most of that can be contributed to lack of maintenance of the flails. Like any other equipment, if you run it till it doesn't work well anymore, you should be looking at why, not blaming the machine.
Awesome video! I also have the "disease " of loving to bale hay or anything that can be baled! I would have put a wagon behind the baler though, it saves SO much time and work rather than having to go back and pick up the bales. Thanks for the video man!😊
This is a very small portion of the stalk bales we make in a year, we do 99% round bales and we don't mow the stalks we just rake it and bale it. My brother who raises hogs wanted to mow it so he can have finer bedding. We also find that his square baler handles it much better when it is mulched up.
What is it you're baling with? An old New Holland 68 from the 1950's? Good balers and New Holland sold a mountain of them and plenty of them still in the field but those old NH portable elevators were so ungodly heavy and hard to move around. My body hurts just from seeing another one. of them.
1st time viewer. I looked back over older vids & see you're bedding beef feeders, yes? What i don't understand is why cant guys leave the fodder in place & bring the stockers in to glean the field. Also use electric fence to restrict movement and bring in self feeder for grain supplement. Couldn't you also sow rye & brassicas just before canopy close then after harvest the rye/brassicas would really take off. That would supply nice protein bumb, wouldn't it? The idea of baling stalks, spread as bedding & THEN hauling manure just seems like a lot of running around. Its like you're in the transport business rather than animal husbandry. Not a criticism just trying to understand. Granted, the "in-field" situation wouldn't last all winter because fodder would weather down but at least 45 days of feed in the field seems an improvement over 100% 'bale, bef, spread' Best of luck.
This video is my brother getting what bedding he needs for his hogs for his farm. it only amounts to about 1-2 acres. We run our 200 head of cattle after their calves are weaned on corn stalks and bean ground with electric fences until it snows enough we don't want them tearing up the fields. We bale what corn stalks we need for bedding our feeder calves that we wean every fall until we sell them at the beginning of the year. When the calves are still on the cows early in the fall we put them on full feed with creep feeders. When they have been weaned we feed them about 6lb per head per day in their lots. The idea of planting legume cover crops to feed cattle is a great idea, but we don't do that because of the cost.
Had a 656 back in the day. Great tractors! Thanks for sharing your video.
That old tractor is a work horse. Nice baling job.
fantastic tractor , good vid too
Was thinking we never baled the corn stalks, but then we chopped and silage for the cows, we had about 70 milkers before bulk tanks.
I worked for a guy back in the 80's. We ran a New Idea Cutditioner for baling cornstalks. Windrow it while cutting and no need to rake.
Thank you for sharing. You sure don't hear too much about those anymore.
I've read a lot of comments about them not doing a good job cutting alfalfa, but most of that can be contributed to lack of maintenance of the flails.
Like any other equipment, if you run it till it doesn't work well anymore, you should be looking at why, not blaming the machine.
Great video
Awesome video
Awesome video! I also have the "disease " of loving to bale hay or anything that can be baled! I would have put a wagon behind the baler though, it saves SO much time and work rather than having to go back and pick up the bales. Thanks for the video man!😊
if it were a more ideal time we would have but we got that baled between running loads of corn so couldn't make a day out of it.
It's great seeing that old equipment still putting in work. ❤
Should just rake and bale thats all most do. If you want them ground up a hay grinder does that fir you makes super bedding and lot of guys feed them
This is a very small portion of the stalk bales we make in a year, we do 99% round bales and we don't mow the stalks we just rake it and bale it. My brother who raises hogs wanted to mow it so he can have finer bedding. We also find that his square baler handles it much better when it is mulched up.
I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME THANKSGIVING I JUST SUBED LOVE THE VIDEO
I always hated baling time, Im glad they never thought about doin this when I was a kid
What is it you're baling with? An old New Holland 68 from the 1950's? Good balers and New Holland sold a mountain of them and plenty of them still in the field but those old NH portable elevators were so ungodly heavy and hard to move around. My body hurts just from seeing another one. of them.
You are correct! it is a NH 68 baler and yes those hay elevators are very heavy takes 2 or 3 of us to set it up.
How much do those stalk bales weigh?looks like there packed good.
They only weigh about 20lb very light compared to hay bales.
He likes his exposed pto shafts.
Lengthen top link!
Feed them in winter ? With grain??? Put molasses on them??? Grind smaller???
Just for bedding, not feed, but some eat the stalks if they are hungry.
Man those bales must weigh 200 ###
how many tractors do u have
My brother has just the Farmall 656
Why they have no nutritional value
They are not for feed. This is for bedding in the winter and wet weather.
1st time viewer.
I looked back over older vids & see you're bedding beef feeders, yes?
What i don't understand is why cant guys leave the fodder in place & bring the stockers in to glean the field. Also use electric fence to restrict movement and bring in self feeder for grain supplement.
Couldn't you also sow rye & brassicas just before canopy close then after harvest the rye/brassicas would really take off. That would supply nice protein bumb, wouldn't it?
The idea of baling stalks, spread as bedding & THEN hauling manure just seems like a lot of running around. Its like you're in the transport business rather than animal husbandry.
Not a criticism just trying to understand.
Granted, the "in-field" situation wouldn't last all winter because fodder would weather down but at least 45 days of feed in the field seems an improvement over 100% 'bale, bef, spread'
Best of luck.
This video is my brother getting what bedding he needs for his hogs for his farm. it only amounts to about 1-2 acres.
We run our 200 head of cattle after their calves are weaned on corn stalks and bean ground with electric fences until it snows enough we don't want them tearing up the fields. We bale what corn stalks we need for bedding our feeder calves that we wean every fall until we sell them at the beginning of the year. When the calves are still on the cows early in the fall we put them on full feed with creep feeders. When they have been weaned we feed them about 6lb per head per day in their lots.
The idea of planting legume cover crops to feed cattle is a great idea, but we don't do that because of the cost.
Damn...all that dirt in their feed. If it's feed and not bedding.
This is for bedding. Regardless it can be used as feed as well.
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