Here's what I find irritating about the guys leaving the gates open. They found them closed .... so why didn't they use some common sense and close them back?

The gate rule, "leave the gate the way you found it". Thank goodness for your neighbors.

There was a forestry official here who liked to leave gates open. Until one day he came back from his hike and found his truck doors chained shut with a bunch of locks and a heavy sign that read “close the gates or life will get hard”. Word spread from there and the gates are never left open now.

FT, You are so lucky that no deadly accidents happened. We had two gates at a train track crossing. The train crew who did maintained the track left both open. Train ran and killed 21 young cattle ( Holsteins bred). That will always be etched in my mind. Glad you had friends to help. Cheers from Maine.

Can't think of anything worse for a farmer, than their livestock getting out (other than financial worries or health problems).

I hope that in the future those people respect your animals. I pray to the spirits of farmers past to watch over you and your entire world🙏😊🙏

You're a better man than me Tyler I would have had a few choice words for those workers.

Nothing more stressful than having your cows out. I don’t mind the neighbors on me but I hate it when mine are on him. Be safe!

Totally understandable FTR - prioritizing the livestock over camera set up - Great that some friend could help round them up and nobody was injured in the process

ITS SUCH A SIMPLE CONCEPT WHEN YOURE AROUND ANY ANIMALS... THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT WORDS.. CLOSE THE GATES!!

The fertilizer man left one of my gates open a few years back. My dad said that guy has never had to run cattle before or he would have learned a valuable lesson!

Good morning FT! Busy hay day and looking great. Really love going along on your chores! God’s blessings!❤️❤️❤️

Its kind of expected when kids don't listen, but an adult is unbelievable. Glad all are safely back where they belong.

What a day, the hay got bailed but the cows left the scene...😁

No Rest, always busy., Have a nice Memorial Day weekend 5-23-2024👍🏽👍🏽❤️

Wow! You’ve been busy. Watching you bale hay was really interesting. I had a hunch about the moisture but it would be great if you could expound on how the levels of moisture are important and why. I’m new so if you explained it in the past, I haven’t see it yet. Should mention about the cows getting loose. Good to see your friends helped out rounding up the herd. Scary that the workers don’t realize, know or care about the gate. Maybe you need to post a sign so it doesn’t happen anymore. Have a great Memorial Day weekend. BBQing? Enjoy! Thank you FTR !!!

LOL, a farmer with hay fever bailing hay.😂

The Great escape! Nice save with help from nice neighbors

Closing the gate would be so easy but it's impossible to fix stupid

Being the mild mannered guy you are, I know you didn't have fire in your eyes!! Especially after you talked to the Maintenace guys cleaning the levee. Well glad you had near by help for 40 animals!! Hay looks good and yes the North wind was not good! Good update, sorry you had the extra work, especially since your careful about that sort of thing.!!

Need good knowledge in a lot of areas. Good on ya FTR

Whew! Glad all the cows are home okay.

It might be a good idea to post a sign at the gate as a reminder for the levee workers.

You did very well documenting the roundup of the escaped cows at the end therel. Keep up the good work.

Would love to know why it’s a problem if it’s too dry. Glad to know you got those cows back. I would be so frustrated lol can’t imagine. Great job!

What a day! The hay crop is looking good. So happy you got help rounding up the cattle. Unfortunately, the help wasn't the person who left the gate open.

Thank you very much for this interesting information about the value of your hay! I mean it. I actually always wondered but did not want to be rude telling you it looks like straw. I, of course, know that you do the very best possible for your cattle. Thanks for the video about a never getting boring job 😊

I'd love to use the combine, so satisfying and also ploughing. Happy as Larry (who's Larry) 🤣🤣 Beautiful bird of prey. Pleased all the cattle are safe and well 🙏🙏👍👍💛👍👍🙏🙏

I just love watching You with All the thing's You Do!! My Dad would've been Crazy about Your Channel... I see Him in You!! His Saying was.. if You can't find it.. make it.. Trying & try Again!! Always wanted to see how those bales are Made!! Awesome!! ❤🇿🇦❤

Your calves are looking great. Nice mix of black, red, & gray

You’re sounding under the weather Tyler. Always great seeing hay harvest season. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻

Thx for sharing

Forget the camera , Cows are more important.

Feeling thankful that you chose to bring that hay wagon back over!

How you reacted to them leaving that gate open and how I would have reacted are two totally different things. Your patience is admirable.

Thank you for explaining your type of hay.

What a good job that Tyler went over that evening!

When you got a problem you got to take care of the problem first we'll be there when you get done thank you for the video

The cow is telling you to get some more hay. 🐂

Glad you got the cows back in with no loss. I love hay season. But the allergies this year are horrid. Take care.

❤Fun video, riding along. Im far from a rancher / farmer or a ranch / farmers wife, but I learned something today watching from Sunny Florida 😎 I did not know you tested those bails for humidity, I figured you didnt bail it wer but I asdumed you would do it bone dry. So, I learned that today. Can't waite for another video.

The hay is looking good and I am glade u got all the cows and calves back have a good day .

Thanks for sharing your farm day. Reminds me of my young years growing up on the farm. Many good memories.

OMG, you said the kind of hay. Yay!

That’s a sick feeling and infuriating to find something like that. I’m glad you got everyone back where they belong.

You take care of those cows and don't worry about the camera!

We knew as little kids to close gates. Of course we lived on a farm but still. If it's not your gate, you shut it!

Good thing it all worked out.👍👏

Triticale is a great cereal crop with a very interesting history. A hybrid of wheat and rye, it is more nutritious and hardier than its parent crops and great for human consumption as well.

When you sat down in the tractor seat . It looked like you were mooning us . Lol . I had to rewatch it to make sure you weren't. Lol

Tyler, get yourself some saline nasal spray. Use it liberally, carry it with you and you can spray it every hour or so. The dust and debris from haying irritates and swell your sinuses and nasal membranes. The saline helps to moisten and decrease the inflammation and open your nasal airways. You can breath easier and prevent the chance of a sinus infection.

The hay here in Minnesota is green. Lots of alfalfa, some clover.

Even this city boy knows, open a gate close a gate

I must say, i love your Mad Max tractor 😅

I had noticed things were looking dry in your last video or two, so i figured it was time for making hay!

Glad all your cows are safe. So many cute babies!! 😎

Hello Tyler from Glasco Ks 😊

I didn't know there was so much involved in hey I just thought there was different kinds and like wow

I think you should keep that new Holland. Nice tractor

Hi FT it must be a panick time to see your herd out of the area where they should be i hope your allergies are getting better ! I don’t know how you find the time to post new videos a farmer never stops,I spend a lot of time on my cousins farm in northern Ontario, back then there wasen’t so much great farm equipment as they have now but that dosen’t mean that your job is any easier try to rest if that is possible?

Yeah it's good that you got them all back again and it's so sad that people don't listen to what you have to say happens all the time

Law of the West: If it’s open, keep it open. If it’s closed, SHUT IT!

I would give those levee boys z stern talking to.

context appreciated!

Get a Navage sinus rinse. It has done me wonders for my allergies from mowing , hay , dust in general

Thanks 😊

If you get a chance/ how about update on the kittens/ grand kids ask they love the baby cows feeding on bottles-thanks Tyler

Good job

I thought it was straw from looking at it. I can see the cows like it. We usually planted oats and then there was straw after the oats were combined also baled the corn stocks after picking, they make good bedding with little treats in them.

Sometimes cattle are like children sometimes they will do what you want and sometimes they don't

It’s a good thing you checked on the winter pasture cows when you did. Wouldn’t want anything to happen to any of the cows, especially the calfs. Understand how you had to get the cows back instead of filming. That makes perfect sense to me.

The cows are far more important than us seeing a video - I hope you loudly mentioned to the folks who left the gate open that if you open it - you also close it!!!!!

It's really sad how some people are so inconsiderate. My parents taught me to leave things as I found them. If I open something, I close it when I'm finished.

I have actually had the straw conversation with some city slickers. I don’t think they understood 🤣🤣🤣

I love the way you’re inspector watch you hook up the hay wagon as if they are grading you. Keep up the good work. I’m wonder how long it would take to train the dogs to move the cows? I don’t remember ever seeing video that shows how you keep all that equipment running with gasoline diesel or whatever. Obviously you have fueling facilities at your farm or your dad‘s farm or whatever perhaps we could see something about that one of these days.

Another brilliant exposè of farming life, with its any idiosyncrasies that give it texture and builds tenacity. 🇦🇺🤗💞🙏👍👌✌️👏👊✝️🇺🇸

Good morning tyler

Thx

Very annoying about the gate - but I gotta say, you kept your cool so well. Most of us would have been cussing. However, I thought you had the electrified swinging gates on the road to the winter pasture??

looked like a fun day to me....hahaha

that hawk or falcon that landed must have either landed on some food or had it in its grip before landing but looked like a lizard maybe? Still an awesome video, figured the comment would help boost. ^_^ love seein the work you do on the farm!

Takes an hour of set-up and maintenence before you can even drive away to make a bale.

Yay! Hay!

Man I'm jealous of those nice flat hay fields lol. What kind of hay probe do you have?

I know it’s not your own pasture and is far away from home base so you’re probably under orders to let the maintenance guys get on with their work - but if it was my own land I would put a great big chain and lock on each gate with my phone number and every time someone wanted to pass in or out they’d be ringing me up and waiting for me to drive out and open it. After a day of silly hassles and standing around waiting for the lock to be opened, any worker would quickly get the message that the gates should be put back to how they were found or suffer the consequences and ribbing from the rest of the crew if the lock was put back on. Best way to get the message across - peer pressure and shame haha

Glad you got all the cows without TOO much trouble. I guess it's about time you'll be getting the sprayer out for the cows with the darn flies already. One last thing - was that your Dad or Uncle's bailer? ..........just curious. Thx.

Why does the % H2O at bailing make a difference?

As a non farmer- I’m wondering why you would want the bales at 15%. Isn’t dryer better?

Why don't you bale it a couple days earlier as it gets to the 14-16% moisture range instead of letting it get too dry and needing to wait for overnight moisture?

I’ve never seen bailing and checking done. Interesting

Glad you got everyone rounded up and headed home before any harm was done. I'm assuming the guys on the levy were reminded about gate closing habits when many legged beasts are around (esp nosy bold and hungry ones lol). n holy heck its hay time already?!! You going for 2 cuts this year? (not sure where you'd store it all though)

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Maby wearing a mask mite help also I would put a sign on gate with some colourful words on it 😂😂

Balling!!! when was this cut? i dont recall seeing this done this year...

Love how people make comments about what you're doing, Hay or not Hay, Wow.

Those guys were probably distracted watching one of your videos.

Why is the hay too dry? Isn't it being cut and on the ground already drying it out?

Hey Tyler, long time watcher, first time commenting. A while back you asked about dryland farming alfalfa, just wondering if you ever got any responses or information about that. I make retail quality hay and have years of experience with it. Our ground is all irrigated, but have had some experience with dryland.

You do realize that the moisture level will go up and down like a yoyo all year long in the barn, right? The differences will be more stable I know, but as long as it is not green and is below 20 you are good!

Did we meaning you have a discussion off camera about closing gates, at Least I hope you did.