234 Tedding and Raking Rained on Hay Season 2019 Video #3 CAN IT BE SAVED?
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- The rain finally stopped after a day and a half. They have barely 24 hours to let it dry and bale it before another set of storms is scheduled to move through.
Will the hay be dry enough to bale? or will all of their first cutting hay 2019 be a total loss?
Stay-tuned for the next video . . . BALING.
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Hey guys! I had to split this video into TWO, so baling will be the next one. It was just going to be a few more days of editing and I didn't want to have to make you wait :D
Last couple vids you seem very exhausted. You ok? Make sure not to forget to take care of yourself k.
Yeah it's pretty typical of summer. So many things on the bard needing to get done as soon as possible and it wears you out trying to figure out which will just NOT get done and be a complete wash :P
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One thing you can do when it rains so often is just cut a few acres at a time .. If it gets ruined by rain cut some more and hope you can get it bailed before it gets rained on ..
My Grandfather used to cut hay in the rain with a sickle bar mower thinking the rain will clear up and he would get the most drying time before the next rain.. I would guess hay will soak up more water if you have ran it through a conditioner..
Farmers are indeed beholden to Mother Natures whims. There isn't a crystal ball or a magic trick to getting it done. The truth is, what Suzanne is doing is based upon common sense. She knows what she is doing and she knows how weather can be a huge factor in determining what to do. Farming hay can be really really great or it can be really really frustrating. Lots of variables involved, but the bottom line is: common sense.
Humidity is also a factor not often mentioned.
Awesome video🚜🇺🇸
Nice waking up Saturday morn and found you had posted a new video. Let me tell you, I’m impressed. Your are one hard working girl, raising a family, running farm and doing the videos, plus REPAIRING what needs fixed. My 🎩 is off to you, that’s why you are the MICHIGAN FARM CHICK. Take care, be safe and have a blessed day, Winny
Shuzanne I never realized how involved farming was. You have to be a jack of every trade. You are truly amazing and I enjoy watching all of your videos. Looking forward to the next one 👍👍👍
Farming is a crapshoot sometimes, like you said you have to wait for the hay to be ready to cut, let it dry, bake and get it out of the field. All while battling mother nature and machine breakdowns. Your perseverance is inspiring. Keep it up.
Thanks :) I think this time helped knwing that everyone was dealing with the same issue ;)
You MUST bale it when it's dry enough. Experience and a good moisture meter will tell you. Remember, as long as it's out in the field. You've got a chance to dry it out. But once it's in the bale. It's game over! Don't be pushed into baling hay you know is too wet. Because rain is coming.
Well from the clip it looks like you get some of it in. We mowed yesterday as water was running through the field. We gave up on good hay this spring, well summer since it changed seasons yesterday. Our stuff is going straight to the mushroom barns as well as a bunch of the neighbors hay.
Love the channel and the awareness that most of us do NOT of how beholden to the weather farm life is. We all have our things that insulate us from the weather like rain coats and roofs on cars (and the cars themselves), but there are many farm activities that require particular weather and then a series of actions that need the same.....one break (weakest link) in the chain and it is all ruined. (not to mention equipment breakdowns and sickness)
Great channel! (there are people who love to watch people work all day long)
Go ahead and rake it. By moving it you will get the air into it, will dry. Give it two hours, sun and breeze will dry it; bale it!!
Agreed bale it if it's still wet feed it first.
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If you are worried enough you will put this cutting's bales where they aren't covered over by next month's crop so you aren't left with shit hay at the end of winter. If it's in a different spot in the barn,like that corner you showed recently,you can feed it any time you choose like early winter instead of late or maybe never if it is that bad. Just don't bale it wet or too damp and it won't burn you down.
you are such a beautiful person inside and out love your videos thanks
I love your videos. Thanks for sharing!!
I think I only used the teddy feature once on our rake while growing up on the farm. You bring back good memories.
Baling wet hay can also get hit and catch fire. We lost many barns in my area due to hay catching fire.
Sorry I couldn't comment on any of your videos I was chasing storms keep up the great work God bless I'll be praying for you
I was on a local hay crew from the time I was in jr high through when I was in college. A couple of area farmers got together and would bale hay. We would put up 10,000-15,000 bales in a couple of weeks at a time. We never needed a tedder. Two or three guys would start cutting at 8:00 am and quit about the time they got 1000-1100 bales down. We would start baling about 12;00-1:00 depending upon how fast the hay dried. One would rake, one would bale, and one would stack it on a trailer. Baled hay never would hit the ground. Sometimes if the hay was slow drying, the rake would be 30 minutes to an hour ahead of the baler to get the hay up off the ground and let the wind dry it. If it rained, we would stop when it started raining and then pick up later. If the hay was in windrows when it rained, we rolled them after they had a chance to dry on top. If it was on the ground, we would rake it.to get it off of the wet ground so that it could air dry and there was not so much moisture coming out of the ground int the unbaled hay. We never raked hay into standing water. If the sun was shining, we were baling hay or waiting on the hay to dry.
Farming is very tough life. Nothing is easy about it. From physical to mental toughness and strength. T Enduring nature and what she gives to you as you push day by day.Never take any farmer for granted. You lives depend on them. From crops to animals raised. All things have a balance dont take them for granted. Be thankful daily for whats on your table. Thanks again Susan for another day on wtfarm. With thanks and love thank you my friend
So very true! And yet farmers are always taken for granted, much like our freedoms . . .
Don't beat yourself up! You can only do what mother nature allows!
100% correct
Great video, keep them coming.
Awesome update Suzy thanks
Great job! Hay can be such a bear. Hope you were able to get it baled and it wasn't too high in moisture. Keep rockin'
Had things gone smoothly, I think all our hay would ahve been perfect! But . . . crap happens as usual, lol!
@@This1LifeWeLive Always!
Mud & rain farm life can be hard but ya just got to work between the rain drops.Good luck and you will have better luck farm Girl if ya wear a T- Back while you bale.
When I was a smalltown teen in the 70s I threw square bales for several different farmers. One of the old fellas said "Generally,it all depends on two words,weather and whether". I take it to mean whether or not your choices work with the weather. Sometimes it's gonna be the lesser of two evils. I suppose all that goes for everything outdoors. 99% of my work is indoors for decades now.
Suzanne this is where a second tractor with a loader would be beneficial that way the Tedder the hay rake and hay carts with the minimum hp required for the highest rated minimum piece of equipment you currently have as a backup and run a portable fuel tank if the tractor running the mower or baler runs out of diesel it can bring fuel to the field for longer running periods and cut down implement hook up time and also pull out a stuck tractor from time to time
yes, I agree!
I think Suzanne has the perfect blend of equipment available to her in her budget. The dually is a big help for hauling to the barn.for the acres handled i don't think fuel tank supply is an issue being that tractor should be able to handle a full 8 to 10 hrs operating time on a full tank of fuel comfortably. Now if she had a John Deere 4430 chopping corn her gravity fed fuel tank would grow legs and run out of her barn yard faster than her burger queen Ginger that escaped on her.
Bless your heart, maybe the next cut will go better! Stay sweet
I think it will :) SHould be extra nice too!
Rain has been tough this year. It seems to either rain too much or not enough. I just guess it's the way it goes. I'm sorry you're dealing with all those issues.
For sure! But I have fewer hours and less money invested than some people who are also dealing with this. Nice you guys are there helping your Mom out. You guys are adorable on camera!
You Are Not Alone I live in North Central Ohio and everything that is flat here has lakes if you can get a done God bless you.
I live in North Central Ohio also, was in Clyde yesterday and the fields were small lakes with ducks swimming in them.
I believe it!
Bale it and if not eaten, it saves on buying straw. Chickens would make each bale a great raised garden after a winter insulating the chicken coop outside walls on edge. After growing add manure and compost. Worm heaven.
To all who have horses. Here is a tip.
When you have dusty hay, throw it in the feeder and toss a little water on top. Then when the horses eat it, they don’t cough.
Hey Suz, just keep grabing what you can, it's the only way .
Many of us were in the same boat (so to speak). This was a very wet year for many of us and struggled to get windows of opportunity to make the hay. I like your videos. Some very informative. Thanks for sharing
Come on guys, give her a big 👍this video deserves a lot more than this.
I am new to your channel and was a city boy most of my life i started watching these. Farming videos because i have a interest in automated machinery in general. And was curious how hay production is done my background. In like was in construction mostly in Commercial Architectual Woodworking for over 20 years which of course we began doing most things with hand tools and to stay competitive on pricing we moved into production. Utilizing Computer. Controlled machinery to do many of the tasks Unfortunately i wound up with a Traumatic Brain Injury that caused some paralysis in my limbs and for safety. I wound up resigning/ retiring early so now i find myself with lots of time to learn about many subjects that have interested me for years i will also note that you are definitely one of the most prettiest Farmers ive ever seen and you certainly don’t fit the stereotype of a farmer that they teach or show us in school another interest in the farming thing is. I would love to buy a large piece of property to live on And Producing something profitable Is a interest as well
You do great work
Suzanne, remember, if it were easy, everybody would be doing it, framing.
The only way a small farmer can make out is to have duplicate equipment. You've only got one tractor, so even if you have two mowers, or two rakes, or two tedders, the tractor is your limiting factor.
You're doing the best with what you've got. Cheers and keep it up.
Yes for sure. We;ve talked about gettign a second smaller tractor, but just hasn't been top of th list of thing to upgrade to ;)
The joys of farming same in England thanks for the kiss the other day
You need some creek gravel for those wet paths, Suzy. Don't beat yourself up over the weather. What we've had is NOT normal. Like I said before, It's gonna be a brutal year for hay. I'm prayin for you guys. That hay that's in standing water, I'd just rake it off the field to the side. It'll just rot and be gone in a year or two. Anyway, keep your chin up darlin...;)
Yes, I had thought about some creek gravel alng there. But this is the first time it's been wet during hay season, so we will keep an eye on it and see what to do with it :)
My neighbor barked some hay that was to wet. I now have some of the polls from the barn after it burnt to the grand. It went through a heat and he lost everything, did save the horses.
It happens frequently out here too!
Well, that's Hayin! Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, if you ever Bale hay that is too moist stack it outside away from everything. Good Luck 😘
Nice job. Looking forward to seeing the baling video!
I hope you have a successful harvest
Thank you!
Love your energy
Hi WTF girl. You haven't done anything wrong. Your just doing real life work. I think you are doing a amazing job. Keep up the great work and videos that you do. ❤
PS. I love your New Holland V rake ❤
I love it too :D Does a great job of picking up hay!
Its just that kind of year. We cant control the weather. I honestly dont rememer a spring as wet as this and ive been around a while. I havent seen anybody baling here yet and its time to get it done. Its frustrating i know 😣 The hay thats left behind for now can be baled later after it dries and sold as bedding or mulch.
My grandfather always used to say penny wise, dollar follish. Keep going. Outlining problem areas is the right thing to do. Only other advice I can give is to upgrade to a wider Tedder when you can afford to. Good luck and keep up the good work!
Hahaha, for sure a wider tedder!
Just got my hat and maple syrup thank you so much
It's more along the lines of taking what the weather gives... haven't even started haying yet, still keeps raining.
That's for sure. Saw a few more guys rowing up hay yesterday and it looked pretty rough.
Salt pack it if a lil damp . Rock salt the first layer shallow stack do it again few weeks in a hot barn will sort it out cows will still eat it.
WT Farm Gurl, mother nature is throwing you curve balls. You are doing a great job. 🤠✌🤙🇬🇺
Thanks :)
It sure has been a tough year. Weather stinks, and the forecasts seem to be wrong. Our fields are swampy. Why do I want to farm again???? 😂😂
Hey, I see you are almost up t 1,000 subscribers! Keep up the good work!
@@This1LifeWeLive thank you! It feels like its taking forever lol
If it is a little damp and you don't want to feed it to your horses but you want to get it of the ground you could rake it and try and get some one to custom round bale it and you could sale it as cattle hay just to get it off the ground and gone
There is a guy down the road who does do that sort of thing . . . I'll have to remember that next time :)
A big square baler with the preservative attachment can bale hay at 25% moisture.
Not too many farms out here run big squares, but I HAVE seen them:)
I think you are going to find that PTO shaft in a field where the baler run over it and drove it into the ground on your way out!
Hey 👋 always love your videos entertaining ,fun , existing, intelligent and really nice .
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The hay fields in Western New York are in the same wet conditions like yours.
Air it out and go with it!
This year has definitely been a crap shoot as far as weather, we can't seem to get more than 3 days without rain, and the alfalfa is all flowering so it comes down to cut it and risk losing the cutting or wait and risk losing the field. We are usually are taking 1st cutting around memorial day here and getting ready for second cutting around now. I personally would have baled that hay and fed it out first if the horses wouldn't eat the cattle will, good quality hay is going to be hard to come by this year and will be worth a premium. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to the next one.
We baled hay like that and thought to use it as bedding. Heck, the steers ate it up like crazy!
Just rerake it and hope for the best.
Sorry to see your troubles. However looks like you are making the best of ridiculously difficult conditions. I am in cass county just a bit south of you. I made some dry hay first week of june just barely. Fwiw i always cut hay on the first dryvwindow regardless of how early just to make sure some first cut gets done. Looks like you still have some color in your hay i say well done.
It did still have some color, which surprised me. I certainly have seen worse, and I think I have baled worse!
thanks for taking us for the ride with you
WT FARM GIRL, wanted to mention couple things so your wet hay is not a total loss. Bale it up, stack it up and cover it, come first of October you can sell it for people wanting to decorate for HALLOWEEN Big here in Pgh., Also builders and construction people use them where they excavate to prevent mud, etc. from washing onto roadway. Put a sign up out on main road at your driveway. There you go, other than time to bale, make some money off wet stuff. Take care , be safe to MICHIGAN FARM CHICK, and family. Have blessed day, Winny
Hey You. Glad you are dry today (Tues). It looked too wet to windrow to me.... I know you had rain Wed. Never ending it seems. Wishing you the best. Better see if everything works on the baler. You should move your equipment to the area covered with Asphalt millings. Parking on grass means rust underneath.
The waterway was for sure wet, but had to windrow it to get it visible so I didn't drive over it on accident! Everything else was nice and dry though :D
we don't use a tedder we just rake it then maybe turn it over once or twice then bale it
Live in cleveland, was thinking of you the other day when i saw that massive shield of rain move up over you're neck of the woods. Hopefully it all dries out soon. We're seriously underwater here in the cleveland area.
You have to worry about a barn fire with damp bailed hay .. I think you doing great. It's been bad all over for everyone. Thank you for the great videos
Actually had a few fires locally last year from that :(
It's always a fight against the weather to get your hay out of the field. Try not to blame yourself. You are amongst a crowd of people either thanking luck (hard word, 23 hour days, or family /friends) that the hay is in the barn or you're trying to figure out what you (the weather, the equipment, or bad luck) did wrong. Believe it or not, you'll have a perfect year where the hay seems to appear baled and stacked in the barn. EVERYONE has these things happen to them.
Greetings from Texas.
Good luck!
Yes :) I thnk our second cutting will be amazing :D
Congrats on your 36K, subscribers pretty lady.
Thanks Ken!
Sweetie if there is no dust hay is still to damp to bale. But your hay still will push out a turd. Just saying lol!
PS, you got the same rake as I have good choice.
You need to get a rotary rake you could have saved tedding it the last time. Just push the curtain all the way in and it will stand the windrows up so air can get threw.
Definitely is a tough year for hay😔 may I suggest, if you are able to, a fine gravel for your road that you use for hauling the wagons🙂 might help? Good luck on your season, here in Ontario Canada it has been a struggle (with a capital S ) to get adequately dry hay but thank goodness for the preservatives it definitely helps with the moisture! All the best 👌🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇨🇦
I really hope that you get the hay in and under covers. My fam in south africa had a few farms, and they had a lot of corn, but the bobons got a lot of the corn and wasn't productive. But keep on with it it will some day or some how get better.
There are always good days and bad days with farming :) (just hopefully more good than bad)
Biggest lesson here is you can't control the weather- don't worry- the horses will eat it if they get hungry enough, and they're tougher than you think.. And- I remember a couple times the hay was so thick it took forever to dry- but i got good with a rake to turn the windrows over just enough to dry that side... 3 turns and it was done... We got 37 round bales 4 x 4 off 4 acres... fescue grass
I've heard fescue can be a heavy producer, that's why it's cheap and popular :) Bt you are right, thick hay can be just as much an issue!
Been catching up on your vids this morning. Sorry to hear this weather isn't cooperating. It's about the same thing as well here also. Truck's are running good this year going from one mudhole to the next one. I been redoing my driveway ; rain just destroyed it during the winter months. Temperature is up , but makes for severe storms.. Hopefully things will improve. You need a vacation 😁...
I just watched the one after this one. All nice. Eaglegards...
I don't know if its different in the USA but when rain comes in when the weather man lies😂rake it up. Then when it stops raining let the ground dry out and rake left or right of the swoff that is already there. That's what I do at home on my family farm in the UK and people I've worked as well do the same .
Also are you guys in the USA having funny weather in the UK is very dry only had a good bit of rain over the last week or so.
Take care of your self dont bet yourself up when happens to me I swear at the weather man, your not the only one this has happened to and you wont he the last if you have to do a second cut you have to do a second cut. Hope this well help
And another interesting vid
Has been a rainy year still have bout 25 acres to cut
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First for the first time!!!congrats to the winner!! You’re doing great Suze!!
Thanks Duane :)
You could cut some logs and lay them perpendicular or parallel to fill in the mud road the ruts in the road to give you some traction through it #
YES! My grandma said that's what they did long ago!
Great video Suzanne! Makes me miss hay season, I haven't been able to help out with the 100 acres we cut so far and I can't wait to join in! Keep up the good work!
Hay season IS fun, but your time is split between a lot of things so I'm sure your family appreciates any help you give them when you can :D
Your almost to 10K too!
WT Farm Girl Videos ohhh of course! It is a mutual enjoyment :) and thanks! Coming up fast! Can’t wait to for the next video!
If you can lock one side of your rake up you could have saved some of that hay. By raking it away from the low area and not made ruts in your field
The V rake I was using I could put one side up and only rake with half the wheel rake for turning windrows. I'd do it 2 or 3 times tell the windrow is dry. The guy I was working for was Mr Gun Ho and he thought the hay had to be put up early in the morning to keep the leafs from braking. I told him not to put it in the Hay Shed or he'd burn his Hay Shed down. He put it in the Hay Shed and a night or 2 later his Hay Shed burnt down.
Our v rake can do one side too (which is nice). I ahven't played around much with flipping a row. I have also heard that alfalfa should be baled early in the morning so it doesn't lose leaves, but it'd be tough unless you are baling at 5am, dew out here is dry by 9 or 10am . . . his hay must ahve been VERY wet to burn down that fast! Yikes!
@@This1LifeWeLive Yeah, it was way to wet to Roll. I warned him but for some reason he was trying to blame me for it. That same week his Hay Shed burnt another Farmers Hay Shed burnt to. He bought temp wands after that to see how warm the inside of Bails get. We had one 2 wheel, wheel rake to for turning Windrows. This guy had money. He was making over $90,000 a year working for a Paper Mill. A Ranch to people with money is nothing but a Tax deduction. Now he doesn't have that Job. But he's getting retirement on top of what the Ranch makes.
i am trying to think of the channel i saw it on i believe it was DLH Farms.
they apply a spray if it is wet ( which is used to stop the mold ) and i am 99% sure that their hay they collect is used for feeding animals.
i am not for one moment saying it means it is safe but it maybe worth your while getting in contact with them and asking some questions about it. ie what spray they use , wht animals are fed from it as i say i dont proclaim to know all the answers and it maybe they feed cattle which can handle such spray but horses may not, it maybe that horses can also handle such spray which if it is the case then it would make things way more easier for you to deal with.
he is a really nice guy on that channel and i am 110% sure if you ask him any questions he would be only to happy to help where he can
Hang in there!!!
you need a lily lotus tedder .......now u know what it is like to make hay in ireland most years .......
don't feel bad I just got up hay that had been rained on all week it still has protein but has lost some water soluble sugar that is lost but mix it with good hay and you will be okay
This hay will actually be great for fat horses/ponies. As you said, low sugar and good protien :)
Will the horses eat it?.... An old man once told me that he had a dog that would eat broccoli... He said it wouldn't eat it for the first thirty days, but from the 31st day on, it loved it! Point being , if that's all they've got. They'll eat it..
Lol,that's absolutely right! When a cat or dog comes begging at mealtime I will give it a bite of plain bread first and if they don't turn their nose up the next bite will have some meat and cheese in it. If they do refuse the bread then there will be no second offering cause they just aren't all that hungry. Of course losing livestock is alot more costly than losing a mutt so it isn't exactly the same thing so I get her concerns on quality,bad food can kill livestock.
You have some very nice Farm Toys now .. Thanks to a good job at the Body Shop ..
Don't worry hun we felt with the same BS when we were baling also
So many people did :(
Yeah I understand what you mean haveing rained down hay isn't good. If it gets to bad, then use it for bedding helpfully you can replace with better stuff. We haven't started doing our hay yet cuz for one the plants ain't ready to be cut yet, still!! and two we ain't having our normal summer temperatures, which makes sense.. cuz I was always was told it takes heat to make dry green hay😉 as in 75 & 85 or even 90 degrees Fahrenheit with low humidity.. which we haven't been getting yet.. but one thing im confused about is why do you ted Your hay? Cuz you do realize that more you move it, the more leaves you are losing and less protein you get...lol inerways good video.👍
Grass hay doesn't lose leaves as much as alfalfa :) Our temps have been crazy cool too, but I'm not complaining (although I'm sure the corn frmers are)
WT Farm Girl Videos yeah but they still do lose leaves that's why it's better to wake it up at least once or twice if needed;) but they also do say that it's better to have the hay green but dry....lol so it's better for the animals. But inerways that's my opinion so thanks for replying back.
Do you have county fair's in Michigan? If u do, take a bale of hay that didn't get rained on and one that got rained on. We did this here in Arkansas. We were surprised at the results.
WOW! I don't grow hay, but I want one of those Tedders.
It does come in handy :D
Use one side of your rake to move it out of the water.
We've all been where you are now. Sometimes you just have to be greatful with what God provides. You'll survive this and grow stronger for it. The ditch hay will still be ok just don't stack it to soon. Even cattle need hay come winter and they will be happy with a little mold in the hay. Either way it has to come off the field. Your children will be stronger by seeing you not let this defeat you.
ok suze I think I figured out a solution to your farming problems , it seems like you have your hands full with so much to do , soooooooo if you were to do like the farmers did back in the old day's they had 16 or 17 kids, just think if you were to do that then you would have lots of hands to help you ❤️❤️❤️ I have put a lot of thought into this and I do hope this will help you ❤️
I've talked to a few farms that go to the schools for help. I guess kids are required to volunteer now, so stacking bales can now be done with free labor :D
And over here on the second state west of you its cold and wet . the first crop can go another two weeks.
I fully believe it. I watch the weather come across and you guys get hit 2x harder!
Another super wet year w t f arm girl.feel ur disapointment. Only had 3 good days twice this year. Hay is now so tall wont be using both sides of rake now.just bought rain gauge so maybe it stop raining.🤔