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Not so free hay barn

Last post by wbvs58 « Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:44 am
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by gizmom » Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:23 pm

Several months ago the boss got a call from one of his disaster relief friends. He had been contacted by a local church about taking down a metal...

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Fri Aug 17, 2018 4:44 am
Price for cutting and baling hay

Last post by Brute 23 « Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:25 pm
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by AZAggie » Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:30 pm

I have a friend that is buying a place just about a mile down the road from where I live. I have all of my cutting/baling equipment at the house...
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Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:25 pm
Over mature pearl millet

Last post by JMJ Farms « Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:07 pm
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by tom4018 » Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:17 am

Tried some pearl millet this year. Needed to be cut a couple weeks ago but never got a good window of weather. Some of it was heading out, do you...

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Last post by JMJ Farms View the latest post
Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:07 pm
Clipping pastures today

Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley « Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:56 pm
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by kentuckyguy » Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:41 pm

Clipping some pasture before moving the fall born heifers today.

This section of field was woods 2 years ago. I have planted orchard grass, fescue,...
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley View the latest post
Tue Aug 14, 2018 8:56 pm
JG looking grass but with burrs as seedheads

Last post by True Grit Farms « Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:36 pm
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by greybeard » Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:31 pm

I don't have a picture right now, but have seen some johnston grass looking stuff in the pastures but where the usual seedhead would be on JG, there...

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Last post by True Grit Farms View the latest post
Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:36 pm
Uhhhhh Johnson grass??

Last post by Texasmark « Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:36 am
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by skyhightree1 » Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:40 pm

I don't know much about it but my pastures that have no cows are loaded and I've never had it before. I haven't brought in any hay my fields have...
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Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:36 am
Even a blind squirrel

Last post by 1982vett « Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:44 pm
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by Jogeephus » Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:54 pm

Was tempted to cut hay yesterday because the weather folks promised good weather for a few days. Something didn't feel right to me about it though...
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Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:44 pm
Done for a few days

Last post by ddd75 « Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:50 am
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by AZAggie » Sun Aug 05, 2018 8:21 pm

Finally finished baling for a bit. Luckily, my neighbor who owns the land right in front of my house let me fertikize, cut, and bale the grass. Ended...

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Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:50 am
tubs

Last post by TexasBred « Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:11 pm
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by farmguy » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:12 am

Due to so much rain after a dry start my winter grazing will not be the best. I have not used tubs much so I would like advise. I plant a cover crop...
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Last post by TexasBred View the latest post
Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:11 pm
Finally got a chance to make a little hay

Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley « Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:54 pm
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by Silver » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:21 pm

Finally got started on the haying. I just did some outside rounds yesterday, plus a little 25 acre piece. Started making some silage today.

Moving...
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley View the latest post
Fri Aug 10, 2018 1:54 pm
Need a 4 day window

Last post by True Grit Farms « Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:53 pm
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by M-5 » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:17 am

With so much of our country dry and burning up , I was checking things yesterday and thanking the big Guy for all my blessings, I did slip in a...

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Last post by True Grit Farms View the latest post
Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:53 pm
Hay Shortage

Last post by elkwc « Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:50 pm
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by Bright Raven » Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:31 pm

If it continues like this over a large part of the nation, there is going to be a hay shortage that is going to put some heavy pressure on many...
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Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:50 pm
No-till drill into existing stand

Last post by NonTypicalCPA « Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:59 pm

by NonTypicalCPA » Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:59 pm

I took my second cutting off a week ago. It was cut tight to the ground. I'm renting a no-till to drill in some alfalfa next weekend, so this field...

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Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:59 pm
Fall/Winter Forage

Last post by Tbrake « Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:08 am
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by tnwalkingred » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:51 am

All,

I have cattle running on two farms and plan to pull the cattle off one farm before August so I can over seed and fertilize the pastures in an...
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Last post by Tbrake View the latest post
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:08 am
Another grass to ID

Last post by ClinchValley « Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:03 am
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by ClinchValley » Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:13 am

This grass threw seed heads around the 20th of June. Comes up everywhere, especially in pastures. Doesn't amount to much that I can see. But the seed...

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Last post by ClinchValley View the latest post
Sat Aug 04, 2018 6:03 am
Crabgrass as a viable hay product

Last post by Allenw « Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:31 pm
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by Texasmark » Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:50 am

Been pretty much a hot, drought here lately. Of the few grasses normally used for haying, Crabgrass has grown leaps and bounds around the rest in...
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Fri Aug 03, 2018 10:31 pm
Help me find my tractor

Last post by Nesikep « Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:23 pm
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by Nesikep » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:54 am

Cut my oats (and weeds) today.. Just about lost a 55hp tractor too

Rest of the field wasn't so weedy though

Tractor purrs like a kitten,...
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Thu Aug 02, 2018 7:23 pm
Armyworms

Last post by M-5 « Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:26 pm
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by Jogeephus » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:59 pm

Its that time of year again. My fields are covered up in them. Too wet to spray with a tractor so I'll be hitting them from the air tomorrow morning...
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Last post by M-5 View the latest post
Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:26 pm
Late Season Summer Annual

Last post by jdg « Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:55 am
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by rockroadseminole » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:46 pm

For my fellow southern climate guys:

I'm on the GA/FL line, and it is usually hot well into November and sometimes Santa wears shorts and flip...

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Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:55 am
Beggers Can't Be Choosers

Last post by plumber_greg « Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:07 pm
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by TCRanch » Sun Jul 29, 2018 9:47 am

I'm standing in what's left of one of the ponds. We desperately need a gully washer with some serious runoff! We've been getting just enough rain to...
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Last post by plumber_greg View the latest post
Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:07 pm
Cutting Interval

Last post by ClinchValley « Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:57 am
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by ClinchValley » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:19 am

I see some folks around here have just taken a 2nd cut on mixed grass/legume fields. Earliest 1st cut i saw was about May 20th roughly. Which would...
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Last post by ClinchValley View the latest post
Mon Jul 30, 2018 10:57 am
Pond algae

Last post by greybeard « Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:42 am
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by jgibson » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:14 pm

We have a pond in pasture that has developed an algae problem. Any recommendations for livestock safe cures.
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Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:42 am
Fire?

Last post by elkwc « Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:44 pm
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by tjmdo » Sun Jul 22, 2018 1:36 pm

I just bought a red snapper 200 mike fencer. I have about 100 acres split with poly wire and using a solar charger. Some of the weeds have grown up...

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Last post by elkwc View the latest post
Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:44 pm
The Renovation Blues

Last post by Lazy M « Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:28 am
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by BlondeD » Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:15 pm

Returned to the cattle biz after a 15 year lay off due to demanding job. Now back but still not retired..(I wish). Was always stretched thin..!! The...
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Last post by Lazy M View the latest post
Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:28 am
“FREE” Hay

Last post by Texasmark « Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:55 am
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by JMJ Farms » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:58 pm

Been thinking about the ones of y’all that are having drought problems. We’ve been getting more than our share of rain here and grass is good. Most...
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Last post by Texasmark View the latest post
Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:55 am
Another reason to spray........

Last post by Ky hills « Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:34 pm
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by jltrent » Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:07 am

This dangerous plant is called the giant hogweed and it’s been classified by the government as a noxious weed. It grows to about 14 feet tall and has...
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Last post by Ky hills View the latest post
Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:34 pm
Hay fed cows, Time , profit effort ???

Last post by Lrj505 « Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:25 am
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by Lrj505 » Sat Jul 21, 2018 4:51 pm

I have 21 cows going cows , black angus, a few baldies, and a few herfords, 10 cows calves and 1 bull I have 6 acres of alfalfa that I grow and feed...

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Last post by Lrj505 View the latest post
Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:25 am
If only

Last post by True Grit Farms « Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:27 pm
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by Jogeephus » Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:01 pm

If only I could cut hay. Not complaining about all the rain but it would be nice to be able to cut hay sometime. I just checked on field and its...
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Last post by True Grit Farms View the latest post
Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:27 pm
First time planting hay-grazer

Last post by Texasmark « Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:35 am
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by AZAggie » Tue May 15, 2018 1:26 pm

I'm trying my hand at hay-grazer for the first time. Our rye did nothing due to not having any rain on it for dang near 6 months, so I really need...
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Last post by Texasmark View the latest post
Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:35 am
Legume Dry Down ?

Last post by Silver « Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:44 pm
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by Stocker Steve » Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:06 pm

Just finished cutting some over mature hay. Some was a alfalfa grass mix, and some was a red clover grass mix. The alfalfa has huge thick stems and...

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Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:44 pm

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