Hay

wrangler · 01-07-2019 8:36pm

2smiggy wrote: »

Amazing the amount of people who don't give a rough idea of their location on done deal. Sort of foolish when selling something like hay

huge amount of hay baled now, it won't be easy get a price now, it'll be easy bought

Teddy 1234 · 01-07-2019 9:12pm

BENDYBINN wrote: »

There’s a website called DoneDeal......it gives a good indication of the price of everything..

Really!!! I was just wondering what price people are getting. prices on DoneDeal between 25-30€. With all this hay it will be difficult to get 25€

Water John · 01-07-2019 10:03pm

Probably correct, DD tells you what people want for their product not what people pay for it. Good hay though will last for years if you can store it.

Reggie. · 01-07-2019 11:40pm

92 bales of 9 acres for a customer

gozunda · 01-07-2019 11:43pm

2smiggy wrote: »

Amazing the amount of people who don't give a rough idea of their location on done deal. Sort of foolish when selling something like hay

If you search by region with a keyword - it should give the sellers in that region eg Leinster, Munster etc

alps · 02-07-2019 12:17am

2smiggy wrote: »

Amazing the amount of people who don't give a rough idea of their location on done deal. Sort of foolish when selling something like hay

Bloody disaster when you're trying to buy in County Cork...even if we still used landlines you'd have some clue of the area from the phone number..

2smiggy · 02-07-2019 9:41am

gozunda wrote: »

If you search by region with a keyword - it should give the sellers in that region eg Leinster, Munster etc

I mean like they say 'top quality hay €27' and all you have to go by is County Cork. Mitchelstown is as close to Dublin as it is close to part of west Cork

BENDYBINN · 02-07-2019 10:02am

2smiggy wrote: »

I mean like they say 'top quality hay €27' and all you have to go by is County Cork. Mitchelstown is as close to Dublin as it is close to part of west Cork

Ah sure they don’t want the neighbors knowing their business.............

bogman_bass · 02-07-2019 10:38pm

Got mine baled yesterday. A relief after Saturday’s rain

Reggie. · 02-07-2019 10:43pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

Got mine baled yesterday. A relief after Saturday’s rain

Told ya youd be grand

Sami23 · 03-07-2019 6:27am

Was awful dull all day yesterday. Hopefully it improves for few days or will be very hard to get Hay this week

squinn2912 · 03-07-2019 7:47am

Ready to bale today but trying to get someone to square bale it so might be tomorrrow

2smiggy · 03-07-2019 8:13am

got to bale about 100 or so yesterday evening, but a dull day in North Cork yesterday, and today has started no better.

Sami23 · 03-07-2019 8:31am

2smiggy wrote: »

got to bale about 100 or so yesterday evening, but a dull day in North Cork yesterday, and today has started no better.

Was the Hay still fit enough to bale when the day was so dull

2smiggy · 03-07-2019 9:08am

Sami23 wrote: »

Was the Hay still fit enough to bale when the day was so dull

did not start to bale till around 6, it was a bit brighter by then. We have so much to do (70 acres) , we just made a start anyway !! It did seem fit to bale IMO.

jimmy G M · 03-07-2019 9:09am

Bright sunny morning here in Galway. Will turn the hay once the dew is gone around 11, row up around 2 and bale around 4. Grass was cut this day last week...

bogman_bass · 03-07-2019 10:08am

2smiggy wrote: »

Sami23 wrote: »

Was the Hay still fit enough to bale when the day was so dull

did not start to bale till around 6, it was a bit brighter by then. We have so much to do (70 acres) , we just made a start anyway !! It did seem fit to bale IMO.

I don’t think i’d Ever have the balls to do that much hay at one time.

Sami23 · 03-07-2019 10:10am

bogman_bass wrote: »

I don’t think i’d Ever have the balls to do that much hay at one time.

You'd want some amount of shed space too for storage :eek:

Teddy 1234 · 03-07-2019 10:13am

Do people Ted it out once or twice a day

Sami23 · 03-07-2019 10:16am

Teddy 1234 wrote: »

Do people Ted it out once or twice a day

Usually once here unless it's an unreal day altogether

whelan2 · 03-07-2019 10:19am

Sami23 wrote: »

You'd want some amount of shed space too for storage :eek:

70 acres of storage

johnnyw20 · 03-07-2019 10:27am

jimmy G M wrote: »

Bright sunny morning here in Galway. Will turn the hay once the dew is gone around 11, row up around 2 and bale around 4. Grass was cut this day last week...

Doing the exact same as you and mine was cut last Wednesday evening aswell

2smiggy · 03-07-2019 11:08am

bogman_bass wrote: »

I don’t think i’d Ever have the balls to do that much hay at one time.

It's my father, I would not be too keen on that much myself, but it's his farm !! We have it all pretty much sold off the field already, once it's right of course.

It's a grand day here today thankfully, so hopefully get stuck into it in the afternoon

Teddy 1234 · 03-07-2019 12:17pm

My glas field was cut Monday morning, it was nearly gone for into hay on the stem. It will be bales Friday. Do people tell the baler man to chop hay like they do with silage ?

Dunedin · 03-07-2019 1:38pm

Teddy 1234 wrote: »

My glas field was cut Monday morning, it was nearly gone for into hay on the stem. It will be bales Friday. Do people tell the baler man to chop hay like they do with silage ?

Definitely Don’t chop hay

Bass Reeves · 03-07-2019 1:50pm

Dunedin wrote: »

Definitely Don’t chop hay

Why not. I have done it before. Would not chop May it early June has as there is feed value in the flower/seed head.eith all grass gone to seed on a July sward I see no issue in chopping the bales especially if going to be fed in a slatted shed

Albert Johnson · 03-07-2019 2:07pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

2smiggy wrote: »

Sami23 wrote: »

Was the Hay still fit enough to bale when the day was so dull

did not start to bale till around 6, it was a bit brighter by then. We have so much to do (70 acres) , we just made a start anyway !! It did seem fit to bale IMO.

I don’t think i’d Ever have the balls to do that much hay at one time.

I worked for a lad that is always after a quick buck and changes the farming system yearly. He made a savage belt of hay and silage a few years back for sale, something like 2,800 round bales with more than half hay. There was about 120 acres of hay down in broken weather and silage at the same time, he spent a month solid looking at every weather forecasting site on the net. Any good day was manic between baling, tedding and drawing bales around the clock. The boss lost about 2 stone in weight from pure stress and I'd say his blood pressure could have been measured in PSI for the few weeks. It was all got in the end although I've never been able to look at snack boxes, cold meat salads or fags the same way since.

Dunedin · 03-07-2019 2:43pm

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Why not. I have done it before. Would chop May it early June has as there is feed value in the flower/seed head.eith all grass gone to seed on a July sward I see no issue in chopping the bales especially if going to be fed in a slatted shed

Everyone to their own but my lad forgot to turn off the knives a few years ago and I found it a nightmare feeding it but suppose it depends on where you are feeding it. I feed it in mangers and it broke my heart falling apart.

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-07-2019 2:44pm

Very little rain forecast for the next week.

Siamsa Sessions · 03-07-2019 5:04pm

Apologies if this dangerous question has been answered earlier but how much is a round bale of hay making now?

In the south-east of the country

Sami23 · 03-07-2019 5:24pm

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Apologies if this dangerous question has been answered earlier but how much is a round bale of hay making now?

In the south-east of the country

Averaging 25euro Country wide I would say

Siamsa Sessions · 03-07-2019 6:32pm

Sami23 wrote: »

Averaging 25euro Country wide I would say

Sound job. Thanks for that

Bass Reeves · 03-07-2019 6:53pm

Sami23 wrote: »

Averaging 25euro Country wide I would say

That seems to be the asking price if we get the next 7 days fine the price will drop. A lot of hay in storage since last year. I say be the weekend you will be heading to 20 euro as buyers dwimgle in numbers.

uck51js9zml2yt · 03-07-2019 7:02pm

Bass Reeves wrote: »

That seems to be the asking price if we get the next 7 days fine the price will drop. A lot of hay in storage since last year. I say be the weekend you will be heading to 20 euro as buyers dwimgle in numbers.

We can but live in hope for a bad winter:D

Willfarman · 03-07-2019 8:46pm

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Apologies if this dangerous question has been answered earlier but how much is a round bale of hay making now?

In the south-east of the country

It’s not selling at all. Wait for the rain to come and the grass to grow around the bales for some movement. A couple of years back 15 to 20€ was catching most of it?

Bass Reeves · 03-07-2019 8:59pm

Willfarman wrote: »

It’s not selling at all. Wait for the rain to come and the grass to grow around the bales for some movement. A couple of years back 15 to 20€ was catching most of it?

The whole game with ahy is the ability to stores for 2-3 years when it is plentiful and sell when there is a market for it. Most Winters it is available for. Hardt to believe this add is only 6 weeks old.
https://www.donedeal.ie/farmproduce-for-sale/hay-for-sale/21306081

Ulikly he will see that money for it for another two years at least.

Say my name · 03-07-2019 9:27pm

Willfarman wrote: »

It’s not selling at all. Wait for the rain to come and the grass to grow around the bales for some movement. A couple of years back 15 to 20€ was catching most of it?

Bought 12 bales of hay after a supplier from last year rang up this evening.
Delivered into the yard. I'm not sure of price but it beats turning hay yourself and then it'll be dropped into the yard as well.

Have my own stock of grass built up now ready for a drought if it comes.
No second cut needed so all ground available for grazing. Paddocks might'nt be pleasing to the eye to a teagasc grazer but no mowers or toppers used so far. Grass is grass if it's on a dungpat or not and if it's not ate in this round it will the next. Fertilizer has been cut out in this round too as I've enough of quantity.
Boron will be used in the next round of fertilizer and grazing again as it'll be dry and to stop heading out.

I'd rather have the hay bought now from a regular and be sure of the quality.

valtra2 · 03-07-2019 9:35pm

Say my name wrote: »

Willfarman wrote: »

It’s not selling at all. Wait for the rain to come and the grass to grow around the bales for some movement. A couple of years back 15 to 20€ was catching most of it?

Bought 12 bales of hay after a supplier from last year rang up this evening.
Delivered into the yard. I'm not sure of price but it beats turning hay yourself and then it'll be dropped into the yard as well.

Have my own stock of grass built up now ready for a drought if it comes.
No second cut needed so all ground available for grazing. Paddocks might'nt be pleasing to the eye to a teagasc grazer but no mowers or toppers used so far. Grass is grass if it's on a dungpat or not and if it's not ate in this round it will the next. Fertilizer has been cut out in this round too as I've enough of quantity.
Boron will be used in the next round of fertilizer and grazing again as it'll be dry and to stop heading out.

I'd rather have the hay bought now from a regular and be sure of the quality.

Say my name · 03-07-2019 10:36pm

valtra2 wrote: »

I'll be rolling in grass when the rest of ye are crying out for rain!!

Last year was a good education.

I'm farming for myself not anyone else.

Reggie. · 04-07-2019 12:21am

I'm sick of hay now

2smiggy · 04-07-2019 12:28am

About 620 baled off 35 acres or so, heavier crop than we thought. Good weather tomorrow so will be able to start earlier tomorrow. Long day, our own baler and a neighbour with another baler about 500 today. All sold off the field. Another good day or two and all will be very nice.

lab man · 04-07-2019 1:02am

good stuff

Sami23 · 04-07-2019 7:01am

2smiggy wrote: »

All sold off the field.

That's great going - well done

Btw - how much are you getting for them as Hay is getting very plentiful at this stage ?

visatorro · 04-07-2019 9:00am

Reggie. wrote: »

I'm sick of hay now

When your doing up the bill you'll feel better!

Sami23 · 04-07-2019 9:20am

Weather forecast is for very dull and cloudy weather after today so could be out of luck for Hay. Cut since Monday. Feck it anyway.

Dozer1 · 04-07-2019 9:27am

finally baled up mine yesterday evening, down since last Tuesday, 370 square bales so more than enough. hope rest of you get it saved

gozunda · 04-07-2019 10:42am

Dozer1 wrote: »

finally baled up mine yesterday evening, down since last Tuesday, 370 square bales so more than enough. hope rest of you get it saved

Saturday showing some showers. Hope to have mine finished Friday

Aravo · 04-07-2019 10:46am

Cut c5 acres last wed, baled yesterday evening. 37bales. Reseeded last Sept. Great to get it done. Also cut THM on Mon and baled it aswell. Good stuff.

Sami23 · 04-07-2019 10:48am

Aravo wrote: »

Also cut THM on Mon and baled it aswell. Good stuff.

Fair play but how was it fit to bale yesterday when it was only cut on Monday

Reggie. · 04-07-2019 11:58am

visatorro wrote: »

When your doing up the bill you'll feel better!

Doing up a bill is one thing....getting the money is another

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