Let’s Bale Some Hay! 

The gate rule, "leave the gate the way you found it". Thank goodness for your neighbors.

FT, You are so lucky that no deadly accidents happened. We had two gates at a train track crossing. The train crew who did maintained the track left both open. Train ran and killed 21 young cattle ( Holsteins bred). That will always be etched in my mind. Glad you had friends to help. Cheers from Maine.

There was a forestry official here who liked to leave gates open. Until one day he came back from his hike and found his truck doors chained shut with a bunch of locks and a heavy sign that read “close the gates or life will get hard”. Word spread from there and the gates are never left open now.

You're a better man than me Tyler I would have had a few choice words for those workers.

I hope that in the future those people respect your animals. I pray to the spirits of farmers past to watch over you and your entire world🙏😊🙏

Totally understandable FTR - prioritizing the livestock over camera set up - Great that some friend could help round them up and nobody was injured in the process

Here's what I find irritating about the guys leaving the gates open. They found them closed .... so why didn't they use some common sense and close them back?

Nothing more stressful than having your cows out. I don’t mind the neighbors on me but I hate it when mine are on him. Be safe!

Good morning FT! Busy hay day and looking great. Really love going along on your chores! God’s blessings!❤️❤️❤️

Its kind of expected when kids don't listen, but an adult is unbelievable. Glad all are safely back where they belong.

ITS SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT WHEN YOURE AROUND ANY ANIMALS... THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS.. CLOSE THE GATES!!

The fertilizer man left one of my gates open a few years back. My dad said that guy has never had to run cattle before or he would have learned a valuable lesson!

Wow! You’ve been busy. Watching you bale hay was really interesting. I had a hunch about the moisture but it would be great if you could expound on how the levels of moisture are important and why. I’m new so if you explained it in the past, I haven’t see it yet. Should mention about the cows getting loose. Good to see your friends helped out rounding up the herd. Scary that the workers don’t realize, know or care about the gate. Maybe you need to post a sign so it doesn’t happen anymore. Have a great Memorial Day weekend. BBQing? Enjoy! Thank you FTR !!!

What a day, the hay got bailed but the cows left the scene...😁

The Great escape! Nice save with help from nice neighbors

No Rest, always busy., Have a nice Memorial Day weekend 5-23-2024👍🏽👍🏽❤️

It might be a good idea to post a sign at the gate as a reminder for the levee workers.

What a day! The hay crop is looking good. So happy you got help rounding up the cattle. Unfortunately, the help wasn't the person who left the gate open.

Being the mild mannered guy you are, I know you didn't have fire in your eyes!! Especially after you talked to the Maintenace guys cleaning the levee. Well glad you had near by help for 40 animals!! Hay looks good and yes the North wind was not good! Good update, sorry you had the extra work, especially since your careful about that sort of thing.!!

Would love to know why it’s a problem if it’s too dry. Glad to know you got those cows back. I would be so frustrated lol can’t imagine. Great job!

Need good knowledge in a lot of areas. Good on ya FTR

When you got a problem you got to take care of the problem first we'll be there when you get done thank you for the video

Your calves are looking great. Nice mix of black, red, & gray

LOL, a farmer with hay fever bailing hay.😂

I just love watching You with All the thing's You Do!! My Dad would've been Crazy about Your Channel... I see Him in You!! His Saying was.. if You can't find it.. make it.. Trying & try Again!! Always wanted to see how those bales are Made!! Awesome!! ❤🇿🇦❤

Feeling thankful that you chose to bring that hay wagon back over!

You did very well documenting the roundup of the escaped cows at the end therel. Keep up the good work.

Closing the gate would be so easy but it's impossible to fix stupid

Thank you for explaining your type of hay.

How you reacted to them leaving that gate open and how I would have reacted are two totally different things. Your patience is admirable.

Whew! Glad all the cows are home okay.

Thank you very much for this interesting information about the value of your hay! I mean it. I actually always wondered but did not want to be rude telling you it looks like straw. I, of course, know that you do the very best possible for your cattle. Thanks for the video about a never getting boring job 😊

I'd love to use the combine, so satisfying and also ploughing. Happy as Larry (who's Larry) 🤣🤣 Beautiful bird of prey. Pleased all the cattle are safe and well 🙏🙏👍👍💛👍👍🙏🙏

Thx for sharing

❤Fun video, riding along. Im far from a rancher / farmer or a ranch / farmers wife, but I learned something today watching from Sunny Florida 😎 I did not know you tested those bails for humidity, I figured you didnt bail it wer but I asdumed you would do it bone dry. So, I learned that today. Can't waite for another video.

When you sat down in the tractor seat . It looked like you were mooning us . Lol . I had to rewatch it to make sure you weren't. Lol

Triticale is a great cereal crop with a very interesting history. A hybrid of wheat and rye, it is more nutritious and hardier than its parent crops and great for human consumption as well.

Glad you got the cows back in with no loss. I love hay season. But the allergies this year are horrid. Take care.

OMG, you said the kind of hay. Yay!

The hay here in Minnesota is green. Lots of alfalfa, some clover.

Tyler, get yourself some saline nasal spray. Use it liberally, carry it with you and you can spray it every hour or so. The dust and debris from haying irritates and swell your sinuses and nasal membranes. The saline helps to moisten and decrease the inflammation and open your nasal airways. You can breath easier and prevent the chance of a sinus infection.

What a good job that Tyler went over that evening!

The hay is looking good and I am glade u got all the cows and calves back have a good day .

Thanks for sharing your farm day. Reminds me of my young years growing up on the farm. Many good memories.

You take care of those cows and don't worry about the camera!

Hi FT it must be a panick time to see your herd out of the area where they should be i hope your allergies are getting better ! I don’t know how you find the time to post new videos a farmer never stops,I spend a lot of time on my cousins farm in northern Ontario, back then there wasen’t so much great farm equipment as they have now but that dosen’t mean that your job is any easier try to rest if that is possible?

We knew as little kids to close gates. Of course we lived on a farm but still. If it's not your gate, you shut it!

The cow is telling you to get some more hay. 🐂

Good thing it all worked out.👍👏

Forget the camera , Cows are more important.

Even this city boy knows, open a gate close a gate

I must say, i love your Mad Max tractor 😅

I think you should keep that new Holland. Nice tractor

Yeah it's good that you got them all back again and it's so sad that people don't listen to what you have to say happens all the time

You’re sounding under the weather Tyler. Always great seeing hay harvest season. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻

I have actually had the straw conversation with some city slickers. I don’t think they understood 🤣🤣🤣

I didn't know there was so much involved in hey I just thought there was different kinds and like wow

If you get a chance/ how about update on the kittens/ grand kids ask they love the baby cows feeding on bottles-thanks Tyler

I had noticed things were looking dry in your last video or two, so i figured it was time for making hay!

It’s a good thing you checked on the winter pasture cows when you did. Wouldn’t want anything to happen to any of the cows, especially the calfs. Understand how you had to get the cows back instead of filming. That makes perfect sense to me.

I would give those levee boys z stern talking to.

Glad all your cows are safe. So many cute babies!! 😎

Get a Navage sinus rinse. It has done me wonders for my allergies from mowing , hay , dust in general

The cows are far more important than us seeing a video - I hope you loudly mentioned to the folks who left the gate open that if you open it - you also close it!!!!!

Hello Tyler from Glasco Ks 😊

Thanks 😊

context appreciated!

Good job

I thought it was straw from looking at it. I can see the cows like it. We usually planted oats and then there was straw after the oats were combined also baled the corn stocks after picking, they make good bedding with little treats in them.

Very annoying about the gate - but I gotta say, you kept your cool so well. Most of us would have been cussing. However, I thought you had the electrified swinging gates on the road to the winter pasture??

I know it’s not your own pasture and is far away from home base so you’re probably under orders to let the maintenance guys get on with their work - but if it was my own land I would put a great big chain and lock on each gate with my phone number and every time someone wanted to pass in or out they’d be ringing me up and waiting for me to drive out and open it. After a day of silly hassles and standing around waiting for the lock to be opened, any worker would quickly get the message that the gates should be put back to how they were found or suffer the consequences and ribbing from the rest of the crew if the lock was put back on. Best way to get the message across - peer pressure and shame haha

Law of the West: If it’s open, keep it open. If it’s closed, SHUT IT!

It's really sad how some people are so inconsiderate. My parents taught me to leave things as I found them. If I open something, I close it when I'm finished.

that hawk or falcon that landed must have either landed on some food or had it in its grip before landing but looked like a lizard maybe? Still an awesome video, figured the comment would help boost. ^_^ love seein the work you do on the farm!

That’s a sick feeling and infuriating to find something like that. I’m glad you got everyone back where they belong.

I love the way you’re inspector watch you hook up the hay wagon as if they are grading you. Keep up the good work. I’m wonder how long it would take to train the dogs to move the cows? I don’t remember ever seeing video that shows how you keep all that equipment running with gasoline diesel or whatever. Obviously you have fueling facilities at your farm or your dad‘s farm or whatever perhaps we could see something about that one of these days.

Sometimes cattle are like children sometimes they will do what you want and sometimes they don't

Takes an hour of set-up and maintenence before you can even drive away to make a bale.

You do realize that the moisture level will go up and down like a yoyo all year long in the barn, right? The differences will be more stable I know, but as long as it is not green and is below 20 you are good!

Glad you got all the cows without TOO much trouble. I guess it's about time you'll be getting the sprayer out for the cows with the darn flies already. One last thing - was that your Dad or Uncle's bailer? ..........just curious. Thx.

Why don't you bale it a couple days earlier as it gets to the 14-16% moisture range instead of letting it get too dry and needing to wait for overnight moisture?

looked like a fun day to me....hahaha

I’ve never seen bailing and checking done. Interesting

Did we meaning you have a discussion off camera about closing gates, at Least I hope you did.

As a non farmer- I’m wondering why you would want the bales at 15%. Isn’t dryer better?

Man I'm jealous of those nice flat hay fields lol. What kind of hay probe do you have?

Another brilliant exposè of farming life, with its any idiosyncrasies that give it texture and builds tenacity. 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏👍👌✌️👏👊✝️🇺🇸

Good morning tyler

Hey Tyler, long time watcher, first time commenting. A while back you asked about dryland farming alfalfa, just wondering if you ever got any responses or information about that. I make retail quality hay and have years of experience with it. Our ground is all irrigated, but have had some experience with dryland.

Why does the % H2O at bailing make a difference?

Maby wearing a mask mite help also I would put a sign on gate with some colourful words on it 😂😂

Thx

Glad you got everyone rounded up and headed home before any harm was done. I'm assuming the guys on the levy were reminded about gate closing habits when many legged beasts are around (esp nosy bold and hungry ones lol). n holy heck its hay time already?!! You going for 2 cuts this year? (not sure where you'd store it all though)

Why is the hay too dry? Isn't it being cut and on the ground already drying it out?

NAVAGE for the dust problem!!

Yay! Hay!

Sorry Tyler for the inconsiderate person, who left the gate open and let your cattle out!! Chasing one cow is bad enough, but chasing an entire herd with baby calves has to be so very challenging!! I’m so thankful for the friends who came and helped you because that would’ve been a very long night and with the sun, almost an impossibility❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️ IT’S. NOT STRAW❣️❣️😊 Tyler has told us before so stop thinking it’s straw because he’s explained that it’s made using p of other things and can’t possibly be strong. Besides the cat love it, they would not eat straw this time of year.❣️ Sorry!! you have to repeat yourself

Those guys were probably distracted watching one of your videos.

Balling!!! when was this cut? i dont recall seeing this done this year...

Love how people make comments about what you're doing, Hay or not Hay, Wow.