Making Gorgeous Alfalfa with my Dad (Step by Step Guide) 

As a teen, i worked for a pair of brothers that made hay for the horse market. We have a racetrack nearby, so they need very good hay. Alfalfa and rye was the majority. Occasionally clover too. Man did they pack those bales!!! You really worked on that mowing crew! They took care of us though. Working on dairy farms felt like ez mode, lol. Much lighter bales, and they used balers with throwers and badket wagons. Again, mostly alfalfa/ timothy hay, clover/ timothy hay, and oat straw. One farm caught the second cut clover perfectly. Tons of leaves and flowers, and small stems. Those bales were blue!! And velvety soft. The cows went crazy for it! Musta been delicious!

Beautiful. Excellent job of drying and baling. Your father is a rock star of making hay.

My Dad is gone from this world but when I was a small boy my Dad raised alfalfa hay. I never seen any thing not eat it or like it. I helped haul it and stack it. People bought and had no problems. He used the old equipment of his day.

I used to unload the wagons of alfalfa on a dairy farm for an old family friend. We did about 1200 bales a day and unloaded and stacked all by hand. The only catch was the guy’s father did the baling and he loved to pack as much hay in a square bale as possible so they never weighed less than 80lbs. It sucked but after it was done it felt amazing

Great video about Alfalfa. Really enjoyed the drone footage, very good.

Those are the most beautiful bells I've ever seen! They must be worth a premium. It's too bad there's not a lot more of them.

Good video and really nice looking hay.. well done !!!!.

That’s a beautiful field

Never too late I just turned 67 and I am learning how to plant Alfalfa

Man, a baler that bales bales. Who would of thought. Looks like good stuff.

Good video and really nice looking hay.

Beautiful farm

Really nice video & really informative! Great to see you work with your dad and the dogs enjoyed themselves too!

.... have to say was rather impressed as to how fast you could move along with the bale accumulator ...... you were recommended by YT, am not a farmer but love seeing the goings on on farms ... have dine the suby, likey, belly, clicky, thingy ..... thx for the share .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....

Great video Jeff, Bo really enjoyed this one!

When you finish bundling a field release the tension and drive around a bit and the last bundle will loosen up and some fall out. Also put the pins in the front holes next to the machine in the holding position. They do not need to be put in the slotted holes. We have had these balebarons since 2011 they work good and easy to work on.

Your explanation was basically what happened. And it was easy to understand

well done !!!!

Thanks for the video

I remember visiting aunt katies dairy farm as a kid. The guys were bottle feeding calves and i recall their alfalfa bale room having this copious dense odor to it that unplugged the sinus. That herb/grass ? must be nutritiously potent

As a kid I grew up on my grandparents farm in Massachusetts, my oldest sister my brother in law my 2 daughters and I just recently moved to oriant iowa. I'm on disability but would love to do farn work again.

Fantastic video. So many videos are general in nature. You broke down the different processes and why you did each. I do small squares and have 10 A grass. I would like to see a video someday of introducing the Alfalfa and Timothy into the grass.

Well done video and commentary

Another benefit of the 5075 is that you can run it all day (even turning an 8 foot bush hog mower on 5-7 gallons of diesel as long as you are not in 4WD. Try that with a 6000-series.

Alfa alfa man well done my man you are the man oohh alfaalfa man

Nice ❤❤

Well let's say that it's no shit you're bailing ! Alfalfa has a high protein level but boy it's an hard one to grow. Type of soil, proper pH level, proper drainage, high level soil minerals, winter (when it has to get thru it) and finally, harvesting it properly too. Hard to dry and very gentle to loose their leafs... That's a great bailing job you did. Your cows will thank you by giving more quality milk !

Did your dad say "translocate"? Jeesh! Now I need a dictionary to watch this channel!! Great footage and commentary!

I use Crop Saver from New Holland and spray on alfalfa at bailing. It preserves the product and allows increase in moisture. Do you use it?

in India people take hand sickle and large tarp/cloth and go to fields almost everyday and hand cut feed / grass and carry it home in the tarp on their head and have a hand driven cutting machine and cut it into smaller pieces and feed the buffalo/ cow

when your dad says he took it easy on the Alfalfa when Tedding and Raking, what RPM/Speed is he going or recommend?

Have the same tractor....getting ready to plant ☘️ alfalfa in ohio

I bet those bells would make great milk with the cattle that produce high milk fat

hello, i'm from asia. you have such a great job, make a big family farm is one of my big dream. i have question, is that all machine, tractors, and trailer is by rent or your farm own equipment? thanks for attention.

The Baron is an excellent machine, but I've always preferred ARCUSIN because of its simplicity and more forgiving on bale size as well as less hp to run it. How do you like the Baron?

Hey. Aren't you loosing much leaves when tedding twice with high RPM ?

Whoa! NICE hay dude, you didn't mention, did the hay end up curing out well?

Do you guys do any custom chopping of alfalfa for any of your neighbors or customers?

You Needed "CARL" to pull that one out. 🧑‍🔬

How do you transport the stack of bundles when they are done? what is the size of that stack?

approx how much alfalfa yield you get in kgs or tons out of 1 acre of land

Here in Canada the weather makes it so difficult to do.

Can you recommend a trusted source of premium quality seeds for arid climates. Thanks

Do you guys stay one step ahead of the equipment payments? I've never seen anyone trade as much equipment as you guys do.

I see this was small bales but at times you make large bales then send them thru the re-baler. Can you tell us why its more economical to make large squares and then to re-bale later. Signed "Farming Insider Junkie" --- "Living vicariously thru others"

Now I am sweating because I am thinking I have been using "teddering" all my life..

literally TONS and TONS of fertilizer used to grow it to that level.. Export level.

Tanx for that informations I want to work with you

At 8:04 Preservative ? Most animal will turn the other way with the smell of preservatives ! It stinks ! Had a western outlet try to sell me a semi-load of hay. I asked if they used preservatives. He said no......so the deal was. I could remove one bale from the load and pay for it .........with the understanding if the cows would eat it compared to my own bales with out preservatives. The cows never even looked at the new hay. The went straight to my own hay. Thats like trying to get someone to eat onions and or garlic if they cant stand the stink ! Bale what animals will eat.......high quality natural hay ! This is the reason I switched to balage hay........... they eat everything !

Your PERFECT commentary throughout this video along with PERFECTION in bales made a follower outta me 🤌🏼🤩

It is amazing baler is small why you are not using bigger baler

Quantos kg da o fardos

You got about 600 bale 😊 i guess

Why don’t you double Windrow the hay ?

Do you live next to a gun range

Ouch ! 5:27 So many stems !!!!! A dairy cow would go dry eat this hay !

whats funny my best friends horse is allergic to alfalfa lol

tiene humedad se ven los palos verdes;

Where's the chopper and 6 wagons?

Baking hay in the heat of the day big mistake losing many leaves

I’m glad none of my son’s call me the old man are my old man. Sounds very disrespectful to me are a lack of vocabulary and education.

Kindly support me expand my farm to ten acres

Make do with what we have ? 2:21 You have far more equipment then I ever grew up with ! Come back to reality ..........and moreover ........should be able to make 5 cuttings per year of prime alfalfa. Been farming for 50 years.......and nearly every year " in Iowa " we are able to get 5 cutting per year.

who the f runs a JD with a MF; green and red/white don't match (jk)

I don’t be horrible to you talk some crap

Great video about Alfalfa. Really enjoyed the drone footage, very good.

When you finish bundling a field release the tension and drive around a bit and the last bundle will loosen up and some fall out. Also put the pins in the front holes next to the machine in the holding position. They do not need to be put in the slotted holes. We have had these balebarons since 2011 they work good and easy to work on.