How Much I Made Baling Hay From Scratch (Second Cut)

I love the old machinery. No computers.

Thanks for the video, sir. It was very entertaining and the content was perfect. Not too long not too short. I watch a lot of farming videos and you’re was definitely one of my favorite. God bless.

how is it going

Use Por 15, Coroseal or similar product on that chute...

Once you experience a discbine, you will know the way.

bro why,your thumbnails look like that tho

Sir I want job in From

almost had the pin drop

You two did an Awesome job!
Butch
Ashland Ohio

Finally someone who likes old tractors

You still have the 6.0?

Great vedio

Love from Pakistan

good content brother

After harvest you should make fodder bales

Something noone has said much. You have a great girl man. Shes out there sweating with you putting in work. I love it! Yall are a great team.

Keep it up man ! awesome

Spencer why weren't you on the wagon stacking the bales and eat the dust instead of Josie?

At the end of harvest, you can make bales of corn stalks.

Thada boy 🎉

Got a question has Grant been ? He just quit making videos ?

A few weeds wont hurt your animals. It will give them something to pick their teeth with! LOL

Love your videos

Now that’s feminism right there lol.

People I know who own goats will refuse to take your weed bails for free and will offer to pay. Take it.

I love your videos keep it up

Our fields are high but not much on the hay side. Mainly weeds. Videos on my channel. 7 years ago we’d get the two fields up to 7 feet tall by august. Then them let cows eat all the way into December. We don’t bail. We buy off a farmer in our area. Then we butchered in November the ones that were due and keep the rest for next year’s harvest. An so on with the proses.

You need to buy some hay hooks and have a old timer teach you how to use them....Your rack riders should never have to grab bales by the twines out of the chute, you hook-em drag em back"never carry" and stack with your hooks and using your knees....Stacked thousands of hay and straw bales back in the 70s and 80s. Getting good with a hooks make bale stacking look like a art...instead of a struggle;)

I think you two need to switch places lol

Awesome man. This my first time watching your channel. I just bought 40 acres down in Arkansas. And I don’t have big money to buy fancy equipment, so I’m going to be roughing it up just like you. Gotta start somewhere when you chase your dreams!

Do yall have good sub soil moisture in that patch? It would make a great alfalfa patch.

Sell for 17 a bale if premium

I play a lot of Farming Simulator and I got recommended this and I’m very impressed. Being from the city you don’t see much farming happening. But to see the work out in is amazing

Just quit. You're not a real farmer and you will never have enough land to even consider yourself one.

Rich farmers can afford Wilton vises.

Damn good baler… no breakdowns is impressive

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Hey Spencer, we used to use an old paint brush and paint a thin layer of used engine oil onto any shiny parts of machinery between uses to stop it from rusting, cheap easy and quick.

I think alfalfa would be a great choice!
Given how dry things have been, it's a good call to not try to do a late summer seeding of alfalfa. Stand establishment is still highly successful in the spring, though you will see less yield in that first year.

A few things to look out for:
Make sure you soil test and get your pH in the right range. 6.8-7.2 is really ideal. Alfalfa really doesn't like acid soils, and this is generally the easiest limiting factor to address. 
In the spring, plant 15-18 lbs PLS/acre. Take care to choose a variety with resistance to any diseases you know to be present in the field. Given your area, I would make sure your have Aphanomyces, Anthracnose, and Bacterial Wilt resistance of at least R, preferably HR.
I would consider forgoing the companion Oats seeding. With the dry fall we've been having, and looking like a dry early spring next year, you'll want all the moisture you can get to get that alfalfa established early and sending roots deep. Once established, alfalfa can handle dryer conditions better than most crops. You've probably seen that in neighbors fields.


Another tip: Low lying areas where water pools are more likely to winter kill, and so you may see the stand thin in those areas. If that happens, go in with a grass like meadow fescue or orchard grass, maybe mixed with a bit of red clover to fill in those wet areas.

Source: UW Ext. Alfalfa Specialist

One thing I've found from the farmers in my family, using fertilizers does not help yield and the costs of it, does not help recoup money at all. Best to avoid all synthetic fertilizers for any grasses or crops.

You might want to look into reseeding your fields with native American prairie grasses. These grasses have deeper roots and require less water and fertilizer for good growth. There might also be a source of free manure from local horse farms. Just a hint about your baler. The cleaner you keep the knotter device, the better the bales you will produce. You are doing a good job !

Alfalfa would be quite a bit more profitable for you I think. You said you currently have 5 acres, is equivalent to 2 hectares. 20 ton per hectare per year, ×2 = 40 ton per year. 40,000kg ÷ 30kg a bale = 1333 bales per year × $8 a bale = $10,664 a year. This yield is if it receives sufficient water via rainfall or irrigation. Supporting your channel from South Africa.

How much was spent on diesel?

This is such a cool breakdown! Thanks

Is that your driving a John deer 4020?

Bro is playing farming simulator irl

Never too much HP on a tractor. The 4020 Will serve you very well and allow you to grow with the tractor.

Spencer your girl friend is a keeper for helping you bail hay.

There should be 2 grease zerks on the plunger arm, where it cracks and one for the wrist pin in the plunger. Keep up the good work!

I swear your thumbnails look every single Farming Sim 22 video.