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Macon Rounds 
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Posted: 04 Sep 2023 at 11:22pm |
1st cutting Late May, just harvested 2nd cutting on 4 acreas. Less than 200, 40 lbs square bales. PH 6.3 Less than normal rain fall. Grrrrr !!!! 
Edited by Macon Rounds - 05 Sep 2023 at 10:02am
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 3:42am |
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At least you have green. Everything around here has dried up, brown everywhere.
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 6:26am |
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I would typically get 30 some 6x6 round bales on old pasture that's not treated. Plus this year have another unused pasture. Finished with 12 for the year. Gilad I let the cows go last year. Would be a very trying winter
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Codger
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 6:37am |
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Nothing to do with hay but cousin who I drive for during harvest is going to start on two small test patches to check moisture content this week.
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A career built on repairing and improving engineering design deficiencies, shortcomings, and failures over 50 years now.
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Joe(TX)
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 3:27pm |
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We no hay crop this year. Had to turn the cows in. We have sold half of the cattle.
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1970 190XT, 1973 200, 1962 D-19 Diesel, 1979 7010, 1957 WD45, 1950 WD, 1961 D17, Speed Patrol, D14, All crop 66 big bin, 180 diesel, 1970 170 diesel, FP80 forklift. Gleaner A
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 4:07pm |
on the plus side though... YOUR D-14 has 1) neat cast weight at bottom of rad...
2) POWER STEERING...
3) right side cover plate....
4) headlights
5) rear work light
6) PA rim on right side
7) 'kick off big stick to neutral' stuff
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AC720Man
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 5:33pm |
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Benny, looks like a 1959 Black bar D14? I wish I could find dad’s D14, 1958. No PS though
Edited by AC720Man - 05 Sep 2023 at 5:35pm
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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Clay
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Posted: 05 Sep 2023 at 6:06pm |
40# bales...why so light? Our bales are much heavier. 60#-80#. Sometimes heavier. Using a D-17 and a J.I. Case 140w wire tie baler. Baled a bunch of bermuda and some prairie hay.
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Macon Rounds
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Posted: 06 Sep 2023 at 10:10pm |
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AC720Man
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023 at 3:55am |
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37-40 lb bales is what we make as well. A lot of our hay customers are women and a bale needs to be in that range for them to be able to handle. I also don’t want to be lugging around a 60-80 lb bale. Our horse customers will weigh several bales in a different part of the barn to make sure they are consistent.
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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Travis2766
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023 at 9:54am |
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325 small squares off of 8 acres of hay this year. 3 cuttings and left most of second crop on the field because the hay was so short the rake couldn’t pick it up. Rye turned out to be the best years ever, not sure how that happened. Just over 8” of rain since planting time this spring.
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190XT Series III, D17 Series IV, D15 Series II, All Crop 66 and a whole mess of equipment.
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jvin248
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023 at 4:32pm |
"... Wire Tie". Those will naturally be heavier. String tie run lighter. We used to be around 50lbs.
Good call matching bale weights to your buyers.
Evil supermarket techniques these days involve shrinkflation ... Farmers could start selling 30lb bales for the same price as 50lbs would be "on-trend".
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Edited by jvin248 - 07 Sep 2023 at 4:34pm
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AC720Man
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023 at 7:51pm |
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We bale them like they want them. That’s the first question I asked them in the beginning. We have 2 customers that buy our hay to supply them year round. Made life easy for the past 5 or 6 years. If we have surplus then that goes up for sale before the 1st cutting.
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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Macon Rounds
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Posted: 07 Sep 2023 at 9:24pm |
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