Unrolling hay trumps feeding hay in bale rings. You are spreading fertility over a larger area that will grow more grass in the future. Go to greenpasturesfarm.net for more info on our unrollers.
This hay unroller is the real deal. I unroll a bit of hay, lift the bale back up and it's ready to go to the next paddock. I keep the hay covered with a tarp so it doesn't get any moisture overnight. We're putting hay down in the silvo-pasture right now for grass next spring. It was well worth the investment. Thanks Greg for the great tool and the great knowledge base you give out to the public.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher, we put down some old nasty hay on some badly eroded ground with your un-roller back in early spring. Livestock trampled it and now we have vegetation growing on that ground and slowing down the watershed from the upper pasture to the lower creek. Thanks again.
There are a lot of bale unrollers out there, but I would feel confident in buying one designed by Greg Judy. Greg is always looking to improve efficency and he thinks long term.
Greg, Thank you so much for sharing all your practical knowledge and experience. You have been and are a very significant inspiration to my son and I who just started producing grass finished beef 2 years ago. Thank You!
Wow. This is really a great tool. I too am curious if you sell and for how much, either the trailer itself or the plans. Really appreciate all you do Greg.
I can't tell you how much I love this unroller. Now, we just need to locate some spoiled bales of little bluestem with seeds near Ava, MO. Could your intern help us out? We've got 80 acres there needing proper mgmnt. & planning.
Mr. Judy, if you were to guess, how many pounds of hay do you feed per cow? I am personally at 18 pounds per cow. Sounds low to me, but my cows held condition real well on that last year and appeared to breed back on time in the spring.
I have a question, our farm is terraced , and on the top of the terrace we have very little organic matter, but we also use the terraces as paths . So should we unroll bales on top of the terraces to build organic matter and grow more grass, or should we not unroll on them so they stay hard and compact for us to drive on ? Thanks
Every square foot of your farm should be growing healthy plants for your animals to eat. If you have to drive on it, don't do that in wet conditions if possible. I would hate to waste a section of my farm for a path that was not grazed. Roll some hay on it and put livestock on it. It will heal with time.
Do you guys sell one that is smaller for 4x4 rolls, maybe that’s not $3500? Awesome farm equipment we could really use to up our cattle hay game. Thanks Greg for your great videos sir
If you have a full size bed with a tail gate on your truck, we can set it in the bed. You do need two heavy duty nylon ratchet straps to secure it in your pickup bed. We have had 4 customers pull them back to Texas. They travel well on the highway. Hauling it in your bed would be easier though.
Yep..the more level you can keep the tongue I'm sure the better(small pickup instead of a big one, or if you have a bigger truck use a hitch with a good drop on it.
Tractors compact the soil, but yes you can use whatever you like. This device makes it easy for anyone on any machine with a hitch to take care of the feeding. It's also the very best way to seed a bare ground as Greg shows us over and over again.
Just wondering, wouldn’t a bale bed be more effective and efficient, and have a lot more multiple uses? This seems very time consuming and labor intensive???
I have a bale bed on my Dodge, I used it zero times last winter due to puggy wet conditions. I would have buried my Dodge truck in my wet pastures in the first 15 feet. If you want to prevent ruts and not bury your truck, this tool will feed your stock in monsoon weather conditions.
I'd love to know what other people are paying for hay these days. Greg said 35us$ for 1200lb bales. We sell hay in addition to raising sheep in the central interior of BC, Canada and we sell 800lb bales for 110can$ which is more or less the norm around here.
