We love your videos. You do a great job of filming. We like that you show errors as well as successes. Yourcontent is so enjoyable to watch. Thank you for filming so many videos. Great job. Congratulations on being full time utube.
A few years back, I had my grandson with me, and we were riding through the country . we saw about 40 of these bales. My grandson said Papa what is that?" I said, "Remember me telling you don't use that much toilet paper because it doesn't grow on trees?" It grows on the ground like pumpkins
Hey Evan, love your hard work, enthusiasm, knowledge and hard work on this channel! I watch yours and Just A Few Acres to remind me of our 40 acre farm back in the 70s and early 80s. We don’t farm anymore but enjoy all aspects of your choice of videos. I hope you guys are successful in your RUclips journey!
When I first saw those kind of hay bails, I took a picture and sent it to my mom. I said, "Look they have giant marshmallows in the field". She said, "They do look like giant marshmallows. WHAT ARE THEY?" lmao
Hi Evan , its great to you making great Progress with the hay and the new Machinery , but i gotta say i do miss those original videos of you and the square bailer , and what you used to overcome , awesome Work Ev , a big fan from Perth Australia
Awesome job Evan and "TOP HAND" Rebecca. You two figured this one our really well and it planted and wrapped great. Looks like a well thought out plan for the hay and silage hay. Stay safe and keep working your farm and ranch and homestead plan. Praying and wishing the best for you folks. Fred.
It's fascinating to see the new approach to storing hay this year by wrapping hay bales and planting seeds for a silage experiment. The innovation and dedication to improving farming practices are truly inspiring!
I really enjoy watching your videos. You are both such hard workers. I hope you have a ton of successes. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching from Nebraska.
I’m going to say something here and I’m not trying to add to your workload or anything but if you take one of those long trailers and make it haul hay it would save you on the diesel from running back and forth from the field. Great job on the farm, keep up the good work and have a blessed day!
Also keep an eye out for a silage baler, not sure how the Gehl will handle high moisture hay. We upgraded to a JD silage baler when we started making baleage
Just some thoughts… You are going to need those hay bails in the middle of winter, likely when you have a couple feet of snow on the ground. Make sure to keep that in mind when you decide on where to store them. If you place them on grass, they’ll likely freeze to the ground as well. Snow plowing half your yard to get to the bails would be pretty rough. Lining them up along a fence line along the driveway would give better access and provide a wind break for the critters.
Personally, I think a hydraulic top link is one of the best bangs for your buck. It's not really that expensive and it will definitely help setting up and running several different implements... seeder, box blade, leveling your rotatory cutter, etc... And you can adjust on the fly when needed. 👍
Hey Evan, you should buy the wrapping foil online. We used to buy (here in Germany) from our local dealer but paid a premium for it. Now, we order online and buy 19x70 inch (500x1800mm) for about 80 euro each. Just one hint about baling sorghum and wet silage in general: It requires a lot of power to fully bale that, so get ready to really put your TYM on the spot. Also if you start to feed silage bales, make sure that you dont leave it longer outside. I tried finding a good article online in english, and one from agrpoud called "Some points on feeding baled silage" - Dennis W. Hancock January 25, 2016 lists all the things you need to be aware of very well. Feeding silage is a great energy boost, but you need to make sure it doesnt spoil and has the right quality. Good luck!
Wow things went smooth for you, Marshmallow s look good, neat way to go, Good luck with your seed fields, See I told you , retire and now your working harder LOL
Just a few thoughts from someone who has wrapped 1000's. I would look through the manual to make sure your wrapper is set up for the size bale you're making. Typically, a 4x4 bale should be wrapped in 18 or so revolutions. Maybe there is an adjustment to advance the bale role a little faster to use less wrap. The second thing I might add for wrapping dry hay is to wait a few days for it to cool off from being baled. This will greatly reduce the sweat forming on the outside of the bale, under the plastic, after it's wrapped. Storing undercover for a few days if rain is in the forecast is a good idea to maintain a dry bale before wrap is applied. Love the channel, and thank you for everything your share here.
Maybe consider to store the bales on the flat side up, sometimes birds love to pick holes. On the flat side you have all 24 layers of wrap, on the side only how much overlap you have. But consider also to get a bale grap to not damage the wraped bales...
That's uncanny. I was just looking at getting one of those wrappers over the weekend but I'm trying to decide between that or a big storage shed or hoop barn. Liking the videos!
Think u might find it interesting that on another RUclips channel the veggie boys which is a multi hundred acre farm also supporting a horse stable they wrap five or 600 bales or more and recently discussed the best way to store them. When being stored outside, they have determined From other farmers and their own farm that storing round bales on end is the best way to store them for the least amount of spoilage
I think you're right about the grain drill vs. seeder. Getting the seeds at the correct depth, consistently spread, is way better than hit-or-miss seeding. I would guess the success of germination is noticably better, and soil conditions are a key factor, also.
Evan, you seem to have lost weight, mainly off your shoulders! You seem to be so much more at peace now since you guys made the decision to go all in the career change. Things seem to be going really well overall. (OK, so there's the taillight snafu) The hay sure is pretty! Murfreesboro, TN
You might want to think about what stacking the bales out there will do to the grass and how you will mow around the bales without damaging the wrappers.
Sometimes new is a good idea. Also, buying things like that top link actually is not just a labor saving device. You might encounter the need to raise or lower some equipment for different locations on the same day and spend a lot of time making the adjustments manually. This way you save time not just labor. So you are not being lazy but smart. Maybe the seed drill will be your next buy and building a trailer to haul the bales might be a good project. I saw a video where they had a grabber to pick up the bales to move them around before and after wrapping. It just fit on the front of the tractor instead of a bucket and looked like a giant sent of tongs. jack
Evan you might consider using gloves when you mix your corn because as you saw they’re coated with chemicals and if you start exposing that to your skin it can eventually create all kinds of health problems ,,please please consider wearing some gloves to protect yourself so you can keep on farmin’… also suggest you start wearing a wde brim hat keep the sun off your ears and neck ask me how I know…. enjoy the channel …blessings to you and Rebecca you make an awesome team !!
Just a warning if trying to make silage. Reduce your bale size to be easier on the equipment. It’s amazing how much heavier 50% moisture hay is than 15%. The tall grass may be hard on the haybine due to the volume. Give yourself plenty of time to make adjustments as you go.
Your innovative approach to storing hay this year, wrapping hay bales, and experimenting with silage seed planting is truly commendable. Your dedication to improving agricultural practices showcases your commitment to sustainability and excellence. Here's to fruitful results and ongoing success. And I am Floating Village Life.
The downside is if you use the bale spear it will compromise the weather proof benefit. A bale claw will be more gentle. Will you have access to where they are once winter hits? That is if you have a winter that gives you a substantial amount of snow.
Watch some of Ewetopia Farms video's on wrapping wet bales. They had to do 6 layers. They are feeding sheep. And if it gets any mold on it at all it can kill a sheep. They had raccoons climbing the bales punching small holes in the wrap that caused them to mold. It's so interesting how all of that works. But can be so dangerous if a sheep eats the molded hay. It causes Listeriosis...which is almost always deadly. Ok....on with the video...I haven't watched it all yet. Love your channel. We haven't got to cut hay down here in Texas because it's been so wet. Hoping to get to soon tho. Been moving hay equipment for the last 3 days back and forth to the hay field.
Evan: you really seem to enjoy your new Full time career! That what is all about. You’re going to need more property and more buildings, lifelong content .
We round bale silage in Ireland and store on their end. Plastic thickest on sides so protected better. Round bale lifter on back of 3 point can do this wouldn’t be that expensive. Also means you can fit a lot more in. Best of luck with them!
Hay Evan! Pun intended. 😂 I’ve followed your channel for a while and have always enjoyed it. I have to say there is a significant improvement in your content now that you’re a full time RUclips Farmer. Your enthusiasm is like off the chart and you don’t seem as rushed in the videos. Keep it up. I wish you much success.
I hope that works and foesnt mold your hay. We have made high moisture balage and wrapped them for years makes good feed. My experience with dry wrapped is it molds.
I like you got that rapper for the bells very good job easy way to store them they make us something to pick up those bells so you don't poke holes of them so you can stack them pinches them have you thought of that
Another great planting job! I know that yall have different weather conditions than South Louisiana. We plant Pensecola Bahia or Alicia Bermuda Hay Grass once and we're done planting for life & we top dress once/yr with ammonium nitrate about 3-weeks before first cut. We get 3-hay cutting/ yr
We love your videos. You do a great job of filming. We like that you show errors as well as successes. Yourcontent is so enjoyable to watch. Thank you for filming so many videos. Great job. Congratulations on being full time utube.
Enjoying the extra videos, now that your a full time farmer
So glad you didn’t play any wrap music. 😂
Now that’s funny 😆
I just finally got it....Rap music, he he😅!!
You have no idea how peaceful and helpful your videos are. And inspirational. This channel is one of a kind
A few years back, I had my grandson with me, and we were riding through the country . we saw about 40 of these bales. My grandson said Papa what is that?" I said, "Remember me telling you don't use that much toilet paper because it doesn't grow on trees?" It grows on the ground like pumpkins
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Hey Evan, love your hard work, enthusiasm, knowledge and hard work on this channel! I watch yours and Just A Few Acres to remind me of our 40 acre farm back in the 70s and early 80s. We don’t farm anymore but enjoy all aspects of your choice of videos. I hope you guys are successful in your RUclips journey!
Awesome!!! Well I guess now you need a bale squeeze to move those around ha.
You both have come a long way and I'm happy for you.
When I first saw those kind of hay bails, I took a picture and sent it to my mom. I said, "Look they have giant marshmallows in the field". She said, "They do look like giant marshmallows. WHAT ARE THEY?" lmao
Hi... Evan and Rebecca thanks you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
Wow, that T25 sure is a powerful tractor!
I have the 2515 tractor.
Hi Evan , its great to you making great Progress with the hay and the new Machinery , but i gotta say i do miss those original videos of you and the square bailer , and what you used to overcome , awesome Work Ev , a big fan from Perth Australia
That's a wrap!!!! Great improvement projects that are well done 👍👍👍
Awesome job Evan and "TOP HAND" Rebecca. You two figured this one our really well and it planted and wrapped great. Looks like a well thought out plan for the hay and silage hay. Stay safe and keep working your farm and ranch and homestead plan. Praying and wishing the best for you folks. Fred.
Enjoyed the video, Evan and Rebecca. Praying for your safety, health, strength, wisdom and success in His Holy Name. ☝🙏🙌💪👊
With you being retired now and always outside you are going to have a great farmers tan. Welcome to the club Evan!
I wouldnt say he's retired, just switched careers.
Good Job Rebekah! She's a great help!
#TYMtractors
#TYMgetsthejobdone
That is neat! I think you made a great decision! Really en your channel! Really proud for you and Rebekah!
It's fascinating to see the new approach to storing hay this year by wrapping hay bales and planting seeds for a silage experiment. The innovation and dedication to improving farming practices are truly inspiring!
I've seen these wrapped bales in fields but never knew how they did it now I do.
Talk about a pair of haymakers...Congratulations Evan & Rebecca
Really enjoy watching your channel.
now it's time for the garden!
It's half planted.
Hi, Evan and Rebekah! You taught me something I have never seen before. Thanks, Evan for such interesting content.
I really enjoy watching your videos. You are both such hard workers. I hope you have a ton of successes. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching from Nebraska.
I’m going to say something here and I’m not trying to add to your workload or anything but if you take one of those long trailers and make it haul hay it would save you on the diesel from running back and forth from the field. Great job on the farm, keep up the good work and have a blessed day!
nice addition Evan
Good evening thanks Evan and Rebecca. 😊😊
You two are terrific. My wife and my favorite RUclips channel. Honest, informative, educational and fun all in one. Keep up the good work.
You need to get you a bale grabber, it’s a game changer for that wrapper.
Also keep an eye out for a silage baler, not sure how the Gehl will handle high moisture hay. We upgraded to a JD silage baler when we started making baleage
Just some thoughts… You are going to need those hay bails in the middle of winter, likely when you have a couple feet of snow on the ground. Make sure to keep that in mind when you decide on where to store them. If you place them on grass, they’ll likely freeze to the ground as well. Snow plowing half your yard to get to the bails would be pretty rough. Lining them up along a fence line along the driveway would give better access and provide a wind break for the critters.
I like the that way to store round bales
I'm liking that tym set up
Your doing good Evan
Personally, I think a hydraulic top link is one of the best bangs for your buck. It's not really that expensive and it will definitely help setting up and running several different implements... seeder, box blade, leveling your rotatory cutter, etc... And you can adjust on the fly when needed. 👍
I think Evan bought one last year. I remember seeing him use a hydr toplink
Looks like a pain the ass. I would work towards getting another building in the next few years.
In the long run it seems like it would be cheaper and easier to have bought a new building to store it in.
Hi I love the everyday vlogs!!
Nice job Evan!
Evan, I love the videos! Hope all is well.
i am happy with your vlog to watch on my way to my work😅😅 in the morning from south korea. good luck
Hey Evan, you should buy the wrapping foil online. We used to buy (here in Germany) from our local dealer but paid a premium for it. Now, we order online and buy 19x70 inch (500x1800mm) for about 80 euro each. Just one hint about baling sorghum and wet silage in general: It requires a lot of power to fully bale that, so get ready to really put your TYM on the spot.
Also if you start to feed silage bales, make sure that you dont leave it longer outside. I tried finding a good article online in english, and one from agrpoud called "Some points on feeding baled silage" - Dennis W. Hancock January 25, 2016 lists all the things you need to be aware of very well.
Feeding silage is a great energy boost, but you need to make sure it doesnt spoil and has the right quality.
Good luck!
Hello Evan Rebecca enjoyed your video. Bale wrapper looked like working great. Thankyou. Have a great day.
There’s something mesmerizing about watching the bales being wrapped!
Just have to learn how to stack them keep up the good work
Good job thanks for the video
Great job
I've watched some farmers wrap their hay and they usually mark with spray paint the date, for future reference. Love your channel ✌️
Wow things went smooth for you, Marshmallow s look good, neat way to go, Good luck with your seed fields, See I told you , retire and now your working harder LOL
Your bales logic sounds good to me. My only negative thought is losing much a pretty lawn area. 👍👍👍
Just a few thoughts from someone who has wrapped 1000's. I would look through the manual to make sure your wrapper is set up for the size bale you're making. Typically, a 4x4 bale should be wrapped in 18 or so revolutions. Maybe there is an adjustment to advance the bale role a little faster to use less wrap. The second thing I might add for wrapping dry hay is to wait a few days for it to cool off from being baled. This will greatly reduce the sweat forming on the outside of the bale, under the plastic, after it's wrapped. Storing undercover for a few days if rain is in the forecast is a good idea to maintain a dry bale before wrap is applied. Love the channel, and thank you for everything your share here.
Not bad price for a new machine. With time you will see if you get buy with less wraps.
Cool😊
You’ll love the top link it’s a time saver!
Maybe consider to store the bales on the flat side up, sometimes birds love to pick holes. On the flat side you have all 24 layers of wrap, on the side only how much overlap you have. But consider also to get a bale grap to not damage the wraped bales...
That's uncanny. I was just looking at getting one of those wrappers over the weekend but I'm trying to decide between that or a big storage shed or hoop barn. Liking the videos!
Was actually enjoyable to watch!
Think u might find it interesting that on another RUclips channel the veggie boys which is a multi hundred acre farm also supporting a horse stable they wrap five or 600 bales or more and recently discussed the best way to store them. When being stored outside, they have determined From other farmers and their own farm that storing round bales on end is the best way to store them for the least amount of spoilage
Tractor eggs! :)
I think you're right about the grain drill vs. seeder. Getting the seeds at the correct depth, consistently spread, is way better than hit-or-miss seeding. I would guess the success of germination is noticably better, and soil conditions are a key factor, also.
Make sure you re-wrap the one that was damage 😊
We always fed silage from corn and then just bailed hey extra to the beef cows and the one milk cow we had
My grand kids call them snowman poop 😅😅
Evan, you seem to have lost weight, mainly off your shoulders! You seem to be so much more at peace now since you guys made the decision to go all in the career change. Things seem to be going really well overall. (OK, so there's the taillight snafu) The hay sure is pretty! Murfreesboro, TN
He said he lost 15 pounds doing his fence project.
That’s awesome! I’m glad Rebekah was able to come bale you out and show you how to use it.😂
You might want to think about what stacking the bales out there will do to the grass and how you will mow around the bales without damaging the wrappers.
I really need to turn the dirt in my yard into grass and man does that drill seeder check like every single box, what an awesome tool!
Very enjoyable, love the videos
Sometimes new is a good idea. Also, buying things like that top link actually is not just a labor saving device. You might encounter the need to raise or lower some equipment for different locations on the same day and spend a lot of time making the adjustments manually. This way you save time not just labor. So you are not being lazy but smart.
Maybe the seed drill will be your next buy and building a trailer to haul the bales might be a good project. I saw a video where they had a grabber to pick up the bales to move them around before and after wrapping. It just fit on the front of the tractor instead of a bucket and looked like a giant sent of tongs.
jack
Evan you might consider using gloves when you mix your corn because as you saw they’re coated with chemicals and if you start exposing that to your skin it can eventually create all kinds of health problems ,,please please consider wearing some gloves to protect yourself so you can keep on farmin’… also suggest you start wearing a wde brim hat keep the sun off your ears and neck ask me how I know…. enjoy the channel …blessings to you and Rebecca you make an awesome team !!
Lovin the vids as always Evan! Now you've just got to build a grabber for the bales while their rapped. Keep up the great work!
You can also use your bale spear as long as you wait until you're ready to feed them then they're not exposed to the weather too early.
Your chestnut trees are looking good!!!!
Just a warning if trying to make silage. Reduce your bale size to be easier on the equipment. It’s amazing how much heavier 50% moisture hay is than 15%. The tall grass may be hard on the haybine due to the volume. Give yourself plenty of time to make adjustments as you go.
Your innovative approach to storing hay this year, wrapping hay bales, and experimenting with silage seed planting is truly commendable. Your dedication to improving agricultural practices showcases your commitment to sustainability and excellence. Here's to fruitful results and ongoing success. And I am Floating Village Life.
Interesting. Looking forward to seeing how it works out!
I think that was a good investment, for sure ! I LOVE YOU BOTH ~~🥰🥰
The downside is if you use the bale spear it will compromise the weather proof benefit. A bale claw will be more gentle. Will you have access to where they are once winter hits? That is if you have a winter that gives you a substantial amount of snow.
Watch some of Ewetopia Farms video's on wrapping wet bales. They had to do 6 layers. They are feeding sheep. And if it gets any mold on it at all it can kill a sheep. They had raccoons climbing the bales punching small holes in the wrap that caused them to mold. It's so interesting how all of that works. But can be so dangerous if a sheep eats the molded hay. It causes Listeriosis...which is almost always deadly.
Ok....on with the video...I haven't watched it all yet. Love your channel. We haven't got to cut hay down here in Texas because it's been so wet. Hoping to get to soon tho. Been moving hay equipment for the last 3 days back and forth to the hay field.
Evan: you really seem to enjoy your new Full time career! That what is all about.
You’re going to need more property and more buildings, lifelong content .
We round bale silage in Ireland and store on their end. Plastic thickest on sides so protected better. Round bale lifter on back of 3 point can do this wouldn’t be that expensive. Also means you can fit a lot more in. Best of luck with them!
Hay Evan! Pun intended. 😂 I’ve followed your channel for a while and have always enjoyed it. I have to say there is a significant improvement in your content now that you’re a full time RUclips Farmer. Your enthusiasm is like off the chart and you don’t seem as rushed in the videos. Keep it up. I wish you much success.
Get your Assembly kit here for "Stay Puft Marshmallow Man" from Ghost Busters... who ya gonna call?? Lol
Here in Ireland farmer wrap or pit all there grass silage,as so hard too make grass hay with our weather,Great video Evan.👏👏👏👏🙏🏻☘️🇮🇪
Hi there well buying that new wrapper it will pay for its self on the fram.x
Thanks for the great video. I never pictured you and Rebeca as “wrappers”. But you make great “hay wraps” together 😂
I hope that works and foesnt mold your hay. We have made high moisture balage and wrapped them for years makes good feed. My experience with dry wrapped is it molds.
They look good, what happens to the wrap when u r finished, will it. REbecca sure is a good helper.
I like you got that rapper for the bells very good job easy way to store them they make us something to pick up those bells so you don't poke holes of them so you can stack them pinches them have you thought of that
That wrapping looks neet. Glad you could use the machine to do the last planting as well. Pray it will be successful. 💕🙏
Hi, evan sheep 🐑 and cows and calefs and bulls
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Another great planting job!
I know that yall have different weather conditions than South Louisiana. We plant Pensecola Bahia or Alicia Bermuda Hay Grass once and we're done planting for life & we top dress once/yr with ammonium nitrate about 3-weeks before first cut. We get 3-hay cutting/ yr
So cool. Giant marshmallow. I always wondered how that was done. Thanks for showing us.
My children use to call them "Giant marshmallows from Mars" Great video.
Great idea and great investment with the wrapper, if i only had the land, and the money...
Farmers are now finding out that after wrapping, they are getting a better quality of hay by storing them on the flat ends.
I would need to purchase a bale grabber to move them and stack them.
I see you using the 2515 more and more was curious about the fuel savings compare to the 654 : ))
Enjoyed the video thank you Rebecca and Evan
hum it sound to me like save up and build a hay barn nothing hug or anything you build and store you hay in there and save for like hay wagon lol
I hope that it rains soon so that the seeds can germinate.