How to tell if your hay is ready to bale

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Today we work on round #2 of hay, and we give you our #1 tips.
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@joyblaha872 4 года назад

The average person doesn’t understand all that is involved in farming. Great video 😀

@williamsanders2808 4 года назад

Hell, the average person does not know where their food comes from. Or even have a clue as to how it was produced and processed. What's just as bad is, they don't care. As long as the grocery store has it, they are happy.

@kathyyoung3484 4 года назад

Your own "Aerial Arkansas" video! Loved the views!

@zareb04 4 года назад

It's funny to look at your vids, because you're in the gap between a "simple" homestead and a professional bio farm. So this talk about hay making is somewhat laughably for a professional farmer with a ag education and to high for a homestead with 10 acres I hope you find your way out of this gap in the future to run a profitable bio farm. God bless. Greetings from the Netherlands

@OutdoorsandCountryLiving 4 года назад

I’ve handled a lot of hay in my days as well. Lol. Always trying to beat the weather. Great video and best of luck. Stay safe! - Tom

@keithhudson6905 3 месяца назад

Tell what humidity you try to start your baling 45% ,50% ??? Then what percentage do you bale up to 12%,15%,20% What is your idea

@wendyweddell2782 4 года назад

A lot of good tips for people that have never done hay before. Love the Aerial photos

@rosawilliams9145 4 года назад

That was my dad's motto. Do it right the first time or don't do it.

@sandywilkerson8525 4 года назад

Y’all are so Educational on everything! So happy I’m part of your Utube Family! Love y’all!😊💞

@aussiegardener1773 4 года назад

I feel part of your family too ... Lots of love from Australia

@williamsanders2808 4 года назад

We never had fields that could be cut for hay. Closest was the "Horse pasture" which we mowed with a sickle bar mower, and just raked into a big pile. And it wasn't really that big of a pile. We still ended up buying hay every year, for the cows and the horses.

@ronnieg6358 2 месяца назад

If you bale green grass and wrap it in plastic It's called silage.

@paulaarthur57 4 года назад

I love watching your channel. Thanks for the great advice and tips. You have a beautiful farm. God Bless.

@briannatuttle1028 4 года назад

We have always used a conditioner, that’s what i grew up hearing it called anyway lol. It’s got a sickle bar and rollers. It’s neat to see how other people do it!! So thank you!

@kikigamble4315 4 года назад

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@brandeissports3436 4 года назад

👍

@deblong56 4 года назад

See the dot? That is us! Thank you for sharing the great drone footage...your property is beautiful!

@donnadunlop 4 года назад

Thanks for the info on haying , it was always a mystery to me on when its dry enough and even how you know its ready to cut. That sure is a lot of hay.

@dorisartman 4 года назад

Thank you sharing this invaluable info! From someone who has only dreamed of having a farm, how many acres would one need for raising goats and a few dairy cows? Again, thank you for all your valuable knowledge!

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

We have a small plot of about five acre that includes a pen for goats, a pen for cows, several barns, our house, and two pig pens. So five would be plenty.

@marthajessiejamesartscraft5103 4 года назад

Thank you for explaining everything. You have a wealth of information to pass on. I'm not a farmer but it is interesting.

@ReapWhatYouSeauxLeJeune 4 года назад

Experience Ben we learn from our Mistakes Awesome Looking Pl., God bless

@williamsanders2808 4 года назад

My grandpa always said "Do it right, or don't do it at all." That's the way I grew up. (Although I never had the option of not doing things.)

@danielorourke2677 2 года назад

Thanks, good info

@salliebeard1899 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing ❤️💗❤️ SENDING A BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT OF LOVE TO SURROUND THE UNIVERSE 🤗💞💖🤗 AND EVERYONE 🤗❣️❣️🤗

@rjvan4323 Год назад

Good video! I run a flail discbine myself. I cut 36 acres in 5 1/2 hours. Grab a higher gear! Cheers

@kikigamble4315 4 года назад

Hi. Great video n learning lessons. If you want bailing envy, watch Dodge Brothers Farm n Ranch. He helped his neighbor bail small bails using a gravity system with a twist. So cool. Ya'll are good teachers, but you learn from your mistakes n will tell viewers of the mistakes. It's nice to see farm to table, whether it's veg or animals. You're in control from start to finish as much as nature will let you. Keep up the great work. Peace to you and yours

@janelleroads6011 4 года назад

You always come up with such interesting content! Thanks again. I love learning from you!

@ThePopish 4 года назад

Good Morning here in Yuma, Arizona. Outstanding information and I thought y'all were going to start buying your hay and not cut it. I am probably wrong. Enjoy life and what it has to offer.

@CynBrown 4 года назад

Great video. It would be awesome to get a full "Tools we use on the farm" video. I know sometimes video ideas might be hard to come up with so I hope you don't mind the suggestion.

@TalkingThreadsMedia 4 года назад

Wow. Your property is gorgeous! That is a LOT of acreage in hay... No wonder Ben needs to take vacation days when it is time to cut hay!. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA -- 8/7/2020.

@jasonsutton4719 4 года назад

I'll be back lol

@anneparisi5677 4 года назад

Wow, good video. Beautiful arial views. Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend.

@marniechamberlin361 4 года назад

I had three cows (Scottish Highlanders) 15 sheep here in MT one long winter I used 16 - 1500 lbs bales.

@douglaswinze699 4 года назад

How many acres you all farm?

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

We farm around 250 acres as far as cattle and hay.

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

Have you watched this? It explains our farm. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-t2v7FVT83SQ.html

@douglaswinze699 4 года назад

Yes I love watching your videos

@jeffreyfischer8782 2 года назад

Do you guys ted the field, if not what is the typical time to cure?

@VWFamilyFarm 2 года назад

We tedder it

@terrymangum3914 4 года назад

A very interesting and informative video on hay. Y'all have some beautiful hay fields. I really liked the drone footage. Thanks for sharing.

@Homejazz54 4 года назад

As a volunteer firefighter for forty years, my dad fought many a barn fire through the night, with the cause being improperly dried hay put in the barn too early. It was always sad to hear of the loss of property and animals. Love your channel and your videos. God bless you real good!

@robertlafollette2236 4 года назад

That was very interesting, thanks for sharing this with us.Look forward to learning more. God Bless.

@angelsarrived2642 4 года назад

The views are amazing from the drone. Simply beautiful. The educational aspect of cut, drying, bailing and tips to avoid difficulties are fantastic and will help a great deal of people just starting out. I look forward to learning more from your channel. Coodos to the drone photographer, excellent view angles. G-D Bless and Stay Safe.

@starlenekalinski5633 4 года назад

You have some beautiful land! Lots to take care of. God Bless you and thank you for sharing.

@cindymclaughlin9744 4 года назад

Great video! Very good information. Love your channel.

@3CreekFarms 4 года назад

Learning so much from your channel. Keeps me captivated.

@briannatuttle1028 4 года назад

We have always used a conditioner, that’s what i grew up hearing it called anyway lol. It’s got a sickle bar and rollers. It’s neat to see how other people do it!! So thank you!

@gelwood99 4 года назад

My Pawpaw had the sickle bar mower but he also had a crimper that he used to go over the cut hay, then a rake that made the windrows, then he baled the long squares. This was 45+ years ago. Things sure have changed over the years but so much still remains the same.

@briannatuttle1028 4 года назад

We have always used a conditioner, that’s what i grew up hearing it called anyway lol. It’s got a sickle bar and rollers. It’s neat to see how other people do it!! So thank you!

@gwenmoody8323 4 года назад

Have a great weekend. Love and Hugs from Sapulpa Oklahoma

@johnnytyson8645 4 года назад

Yall take your farming seriously. Only way to go. Learned so much from this.thanks for taking me along

@davidj.mackinney6568 4 года назад

Love haying videos and bees and animals. I guess we just like your channel

@carolsuesamuelson7935 4 года назад

My father use to cut the grass around our house with a sickle cuter. Helped drive the tractor while he picked to bales up to store. He had a small square bales.

@lindacole1653 4 года назад

Love it when you all use the drone. Beautiful video and full of good information. Unless you have baled hay yourself, most people have no concept of what it takes. 🤗

@michaelgriffee145 4 года назад

Alot hay on the ground a farmer is a gambler he gambles with the weather every day good looking hay do you wrap your bales

@mrs.hiddenheightsfarm9119 4 года назад

Wow the fresh cut fields look beautiful. Very informative & detailed video. Nice job! 💜

@knitvids 4 года назад

Beautiful drone footage! Luv watching y'all do life.

@goflyfishin 4 года назад

thanks for the great info guys. RU-vidr s like you, Greg Judy and others are really doing a service to those of us out here that want to educate ourselves while we plan our migration to the farming and homestead life. thanks so much..

@LadyJ5569 4 года назад

Lessons learned from lack of patience can be costly no matter what it applies to. This is another great information video that answers questions. Love your farm life. God bless and stay safe 🙏❤

@denisebrady6858 4 года назад

Loved this Guys - I am learning something new Cheers Denise

@Heisstrong 4 года назад

Great drone footage of your beautiful farm. I didn't realize you had so many trees there in your area!

@dorindajenkins7825 4 года назад

👋😄

@teresashelton6581 4 года назад

I’m not a farmer, but I always thought it would be fun. Thanks for showing all this!

@virginiareid5336 4 года назад

This is very good advice. Whether, you are a beginner, or an experienced farmer having a review, we can always learn new things.

@gynelleking3776 4 года назад

Just love your stories and the full descriptions of your food prep. The p

@Greens5511 4 года назад

Nice to see your land from the drone....that's a lot to do plus all the rotation land.

@debbiew.7094 4 года назад

I believe it did take him a while! I remember my grandpa out in the fields at night late!❤

@stepht5 4 года назад

I really enjoy hearing what all it takes to do a job. And y’all tell the good, the bad, and the ugly! Great job!

@sherrymurphy-kleine4592 4 года назад

Is teddering the same as what we do here that we call raking? MO

@aussiegardener1773 4 года назад

I feel part of your family ... Lots of love from Australia

@sandyc6569 4 года назад

You got some beautiful land for sure!!! 😊👍

@robertmoore1123 4 года назад

You have a pretty farm . Lots of timber .

@robertmoore1123 4 года назад

You have a pretty farm . Lots of timber .

@anchorageprepper9008 4 года назад

Poor Ben has Tractor butt. Ouch!

@dushaynemitchell3730 4 года назад

So so gorgeous. Beautiful land..

@LivingMiracleHomestead 4 года назад

After you bail the hay how long does it last ?

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

We’ve never had it that long. It really just depends. If it’s out in the weather, probably only a few years. If it’s in a barn, for years on end.

@LivingMiracleHomestead 4 года назад

@@VWFamilyFarm Wow I thought A few months maybe. I have a lot to learn.LOL

@sheilaphelps6358 4 года назад

yep work is hard doing it right is so good

@Fite52 4 года назад

Hay! Love y’all’s homestead!

@onlybev1 4 года назад

I love you guys. Thanks

@GivenChancesFarm 4 года назад

We still use a sickle bar mower when we cut hay but would love to have a mower conditioner. Great information for the people that don’t make hay! It shows them how much it takes to make it! Do you seem to not hunt as much since you raise your own meat? We use to hunt deer when we didn’t raise cattle but not as much now. I sit out there and think of everything else I could get done!

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

Lol us too! Lane, Emily , and Ben go out only a few times a year now.

@tracybradshaw1362 4 года назад

Very helpful video!

@pamquick9037 4 года назад

Great video about putting up big round bales! I prefer the clover to that ole Johnson grass and my “girls” like to eat it better too!

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

I personally like a mixture where they are grazing but in the hay fields the clover is so hard to get cured. Everything else is to dry by the time it is dry enough. I wish we could grow alfalfa!

@fallenangelwi25 4 года назад

Great video y'all

@sandrathomas2145 4 года назад

So if it is still wet and you bail it what would cause it to catch fire if it is damp? Great info and video.

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

High-moisture in bales can catch on fire because they have chemical reactions that build heat.When hay's internal temperature rises above 130 degrees Fahrenheit,a chemical reaction begins to produce flammable gas that can ignite if the temperature goes high enough.

@kimberli2391 4 года назад

Beautiful fields!

@wilmajiles5093 2 года назад

Thank you!

@patwilliamson4701 4 года назад

Love y’all!

@andyteohockguan7243 4 года назад

Awesome

@ohske 4 года назад

👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

@rachealwood462 4 года назад

I know the beef cattle are a newer addition to the farm. Have you always grown your own hay?

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

Yes, because we’ve always had a small herd of cattle. The big herd is what is new.

@rachealwood462 4 года назад

@@VWFamilyFarm aww, I see. Thank you for always engaging with us! I love your channel, you guys do an exceptional job? 🐄🐮

@barressugarsweetplace2680 4 года назад

❤

@sharonanspach2734 4 года назад

dang! your drone footage of your hay fields is gorgeous!! how many acres do you own?

@VWFamilyFarm 4 года назад

We own 700 acres, but we don’t cut near all of it.

@sharonanspach2734 4 года назад

@@VWFamilyFarm WOW!!

@nmdispatchlady 4 года назад

When we first started bailing hay from our pasture, we bought the "newest" thing a bright and shiny Heston sickle bar mower with a crimper. We thought we were in high cotton and loved making hay. Of course that was over 30 years ago. VERY hard work but boy do I miss it. Good job and God bless.