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Hay

  • 05-07-2011 10:47am
    #1
    Juniorhurler
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    Did anybody get any made before the rain came last night?
    I am looking for about 35 bales to feed to calves. How much is it going to make this year? I was talking to a neighbour that made some, baled with a welger profi baler he says. Now I am 6'2" and 14stone 6 and I couldn't turn these over. They are a monster bale. He wants €25 per bale. I reckon for the amount of hay in them I will buy from him. How much per bale are you all hearing about the country. I am in north Wexford/south Wicklow.


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  • #2
    vanderbadger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Did anybody get any made before the rain came last night?
    I am looking for about 35 bales to feed to calves. How much is it going to make this year? I was talking to a neighbour that made some, baled with a welger profi baler he says. Now I am 6'2" and 14stone 6 and I couldn't turn these over. They are a monster bale. He wants €25 per bale. I reckon for the amount of hay in them I will buy from him. How much per bale are you all hearing about the country. I am in north Wexford/south Wicklow.

    nothing wrong with that price id say, a few lads around me got some but id say it could have done with another day or two, it will be hard to get hay the way this year is going


  • #3
    jeff greene
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    Good price if decent bales and more importantly the hay was fit, I baled stuff yesterday that was so close, another day:mad: Very little hay made this year and nearly everything is done now.


  • #4
    RobinBanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭RobinBanks


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    Now I am 6'2" and 14stone 6 and I couldn't turn these over. They are a monster bale.

    I'm no expert but the man that does our bailing said if you can stand a 4 x 4 bale up on you're own it should be wrapped. Is it a 4 x 4 bale or 4 x 5? that you are talking about?


  • #5
    Juniorhurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Juniorhurler


    RobinBanks wrote: »
    I'm no expert but the man that does our bailing said if you can't stand a 4 x 4 bale up on you're own it should be wrapped. Is it a 4 x 4 bale or 4 x 5? that you are talking about?

    4x4 but I know the stuff was fit. I windrowed it for the neighbour yesterday morning and it was fit and got baled without rain at about 3 yesterday


  • #6
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    Juniorhurler wrote: »
    RobinBanks wrote: »
    I'm no expert but the man that does our bailing said if you can't stand a 4 x 4 bale up on you're own it should be wrapped. Is it a 4 x 4 bale or 4 x 5? that you are talking about?

    4x4 but I know the stuff was fit. I windrowed it for the neighbour yesterday morning and it was fit and got baled without rain at about 3 yesterday
    It's almost impossible to make round bales of hay without heating in this weather. If it were small square bales there would be no problem. Wait for a week or ten days and push your hand to the middle of a few bales if there is any bit of heat you will soon find out whether it was fit to able or not.


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  • #7
    babybrian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭babybrian


    baled hay yesterday evening(mad fit), it was cut monday last week and got rain tuesday and wednesday then got good weather after that and got shook out twice some days.. Light enough crop too so was easy enough save. 90 bales off 12 acres. Lovely green soft hay that the calves will love.. :D

    Now need some weather to get the Shannon callows for hay but no panic on that


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