Did you know to make dry hay you need 3-5 days of no rain and lower humidity? It can be very stressful when you think that you have a week of no rain in the forecast and then as soon as you cut hay, a stray shower pops up and you pray it misses your field.

Typically a schedule to make hay goes like this:

Day 1 - Cut hay and sometimes Tedd hay

Day 2 - Tedd hay (which means to fluff and spread out the hay, after the dew burns off)

Day 3 - Tedd and Rake Hay (flipping the hay and helping it dry)

Day 4 - Rake hay into Wind Rows (combining 2-3 rows into one for the baler)

Day 5 - Bale hay (machine bales hay into square or round bales and hay gets taken out of the field)

Here is the link to a video of the machine making square bales

 

2023 - Hay is all spoken for

2024 - Hay season begins Beginning of May (depending on weather)

3 types of hay grown are Orchard Grass Mix, Teff, and Alfalfa Orchard Grass Mix

 

Orchard Grass Mix Hay

*Good for the average horse, goats, etc

contains the following

Orchardgrass, Meadow Brome, Timothy, and Kentucky Bluegrass

 

Teff Hay

*Lower sugar, high in fiber

*Great for goats or horses that have

-metabolic diseases, insulin resistant

-lower energy or overweight horses

 

Alfalfa Orchard Grass Mix

contains the following

Meadow Brome, Alfalfa, Timothy and 2 types of Orchardgrass

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