I appreciate what you do and the way you do it. If it works for you, it works. But I treat my Bermuda grass a lot different that you do though. I cut on a 4-6 week rotation. I keep it clean durning the growing season and apply fertilizer after each cutting. If Its clean and have decent weather, I can normally dry it to 10-12% moisture in 28-30 hours and it will be as green as most northern hay. I normally cut mine 4-5 times a year and get 6-8 tons to the acre annually.
Man Johnson grass has been terrible this year in Kentucky. It’s been seasonable wet this year. We have already cut a lot of our regular grass fields three times because of the Johnson grass. Love the videos keep them coming. Thanks for taking time out of a very busy schedulers do videos.
Austin Cress it’s been crazy that’s for sure I don’t think I ever remember it raining this much in one season thank you I really appreciate y’all watching comments like yours is what makes it all worth it
Same here in middle TN. I’ve never even seen Johnson Grass on our place until this year. It has come up in patches everywhere. Also pigweed and horse nettle seem to be bad this year. I think we’ll only get two cuttings this year due to the weather and first cutting being so late (June). I fear a shortage will happen around my area this winter.
Daniel Altman I hear you I did some brush hogging the other day and was cutting horse weeds and iron weeds as tall as the tractor tire. I Can’t complain to much a bout rain the soybeans and corn have done great this year.
A horse or cow will actually eat crabgrass before orchard or fescue, because its softer more tender..not quite as good, but more palatable...its a very good wet or ery forage...my animals love it, its my favorite warm season grass
Just want to say thanks for you talking your time to make these videos especially for us that has done this and dont no more brings back some good memories im hoping by next hay season i will be doing this i have bought everything but the baler and i can't decide if i should go round baler or square baler there is a quiet a few people doing custom baling around me but no one will touch anything under 25 acres so i think I could keep busy doing the smaller places what you think round baler or square
Jimmy Harris thank you jimmy for watching me for so long I really appreciate it I’m always looking for your comments! Well if your starting from scratch rounds it’ll be cheaper to get going an faster with less labor theirs more money in squares but their a lot more work an it cost a lot to get going with good equipment to handle them with ease personally if it was me I’d find a good used Vermeer or maybe a 1700 Massey there pretty easy to maintain an work on to get started if you want todo squares I’d recommend a maxilator accumagrapple like we had to start with. You’ll want a skid steer to run it on it’s a lot easier than on a tractor
@@BagwellFarms yea i have been looking for a vermeer 504 its been hard to find a used one with net wrap found several string tie only but i really want net wrap that way i could offer both plus i like net wrap it holds up better for my personal use
Jimmy I'm in the same boat as you. I'm wanting to get back into it as a retirement/enjoyment jig. I keep going back and forth on roll vs square too! BF is right, squares are typically more to get into up front but it is hard to dismiss the added value they bring once you are setup. I live in the deep south near the coast and almost everyone does rounds but they do it for mainly their own cattle which leaves a big market for people looking for squares. I'm working on a cost effective setup to do squares and have some interesting ideas. I was also looking at round balers and the Vermeer 504R is at the top of the list if I go that route, they look nice!
Two Farm Boys oh yea that’s mostly what we are is a cattle operation hay is just a side income I’ll start to focus more on the cattle in about a month when hay starts slowing down
Hey in a previous video, I believe last year, you demoed a Claas 800 Tedder. How did that thing pull down the road? How come you didn’t end up purchasing?
it pulled good behind the tractor a lot better than the krones. Behind the pickup I don't know I never tried it. The reason we haven't bought it is im waiting till I wear the krones out with the demos its a deal me an cain equipment have worked out to show yall the equipment if I don't like it I can say I don't like it no restrictions personally if I was buying a six star id buy the claas if I was buying a 4 star id go with the pequea
Bagwell Farms thanks for the info! I’ve been looking hard at Pequea also. I just found this 6 star Claas this week. It’s three years old and asking price is just a couple hundred more than a brand new 4 star pequea. It might be hard to pass up.
Im glad to see someone else has an appreciation for Johnson grass, its my favorite cattle feed, i sowed it over 2 of my fields in middle Tennessee
Where did you get the seed for it?
I appreciate what you do and the way you do it. If it works for you, it works. But I treat my Bermuda grass a lot different that you do though. I cut on a 4-6 week rotation. I keep it clean durning the growing season and apply fertilizer after each cutting. If Its clean and have decent weather, I can normally dry it to 10-12% moisture in 28-30 hours and it will be as green as most northern hay. I normally cut mine 4-5 times a year and get 6-8 tons to the acre annually.
Man Johnson grass has been terrible this year in Kentucky. It’s been seasonable wet this year. We have already cut a lot of our regular grass fields three times because of the Johnson grass. Love the videos keep them coming. Thanks for taking time out of a very busy schedulers do videos.
Austin Cress it’s been crazy that’s for sure I don’t think I ever remember it raining this much in one season thank you I really appreciate y’all watching comments like yours is what makes it all worth it
Same here in middle TN. I’ve never even seen Johnson Grass on our place until this year. It has come up in patches everywhere. Also pigweed and horse nettle seem to be bad this year. I think we’ll only get two cuttings this year due to the weather and first cutting being so late (June). I fear a shortage will happen around my area this winter.
Daniel Altman I hear you I did some brush hogging the other day and was cutting horse weeds and iron weeds as tall as the tractor tire. I Can’t complain to much a bout rain the soybeans and corn have done great this year.
Great video
thanks for the videos
A horse or cow will actually eat crabgrass before orchard or fescue, because its softer more tender..not quite as good, but more palatable...its a very good wet or ery forage...my animals love it, its my favorite warm season grass
I’m glad you are still liking that good old Johnson grass lol
Thomas Wilson lol you know it it’s my favorite!
Just want to say thanks for you talking your time to make these videos especially for us that has done this and dont no more brings back some good memories im hoping by next hay season i will be doing this i have bought everything but the baler and i can't decide if i should go round baler or square baler there is a quiet a few people doing custom baling around me but no one will touch anything under 25 acres so i think I could keep busy doing the smaller places what you think round baler or square
Jimmy Harris thank you jimmy for watching me for so long I really appreciate it I’m always looking for your comments! Well if your starting from scratch rounds it’ll be cheaper to get going an faster with less labor theirs more money in squares but their a lot more work an it cost a lot to get going with good equipment to handle them with ease personally if it was me I’d find a good used Vermeer or maybe a 1700 Massey there pretty easy to maintain an work on to get started if you want todo squares I’d recommend a maxilator accumagrapple like we had to start with. You’ll want a skid steer to run it on it’s a lot easier than on a tractor
@@BagwellFarms yea i have been looking for a vermeer 504 its been hard to find a used one with net wrap found several string tie only but i really want net wrap that way i could offer both plus i like net wrap it holds up better for my personal use
Jimmy I'm in the same boat as you. I'm wanting to get back into it as a retirement/enjoyment jig. I keep going back and forth on roll vs square too! BF is right, squares are typically more to get into up front but it is hard to dismiss the added value they bring once you are setup. I live in the deep south near the coast and almost everyone does rounds but they do it for mainly their own cattle which leaves a big market for people looking for squares. I'm working on a cost effective setup to do squares and have some interesting ideas. I was also looking at round balers and the Vermeer 504R is at the top of the list if I go that route, they look nice!
Hi nice
Talk about Hay that looks like straw....Teff Grass that is not cut on time.... Looks like Rye straw... But horses will eat every stem......
Johnson grass is always beautiful!!! I’m thinking about baggin some seeds and sending with Mitch to the sale to give your dad..
lol no need I got plenty I think I got some extra outrider laying around sounds like yall need some
I'm pretty sure your not supposed to feed it to Horses?
Nice video! I'm assuming you have cattle judging by your logo. If you have time could you do a video about your cows. Anyways, have a great day!
Two Farm Boys oh yea that’s mostly what we are is a cattle operation hay is just a side income I’ll start to focus more on the cattle in about a month when hay starts slowing down
Ok. Thanks!
Hey in a previous video, I believe last year, you demoed a Claas 800 Tedder. How did that thing pull down the road? How come you didn’t end up purchasing?
it pulled good behind the tractor a lot better than the krones. Behind the pickup I don't know I never tried it. The reason we haven't bought it is im waiting till I wear the krones out with the demos its a deal me an cain equipment have worked out to show yall the equipment if I don't like it I can say I don't like it no restrictions personally if I was buying a six star id buy the claas if I was buying a 4 star id go with the pequea
Bagwell Farms thanks for the info! I’ve been looking hard at Pequea also. I just found this 6 star Claas this week. It’s three years old and asking price is just a couple hundred more than a brand new 4 star pequea. It might be hard to pass up.
I wished we could bale hay it's raining here
Jonathan Dempsey I heard their going to start production on the first amphibious tractor next year after this hay season lol 😂
Just need hay fields with a retractable roof like Dallas got!