For those wondering, I paid $40/bale for this hay.

Meteorological summer officially begins when Pete busts out the jorts.

Pete, I look forward to viewing this video, but wanted to let you know I appreciate you doing these videos. While you enjoy your work most of the time, you said something in the previous video that made me think, while I enjoy and reminisce watching these videos you are often working hard! From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!!! You are valued. Murfreesboro TN

Smiled as you talked about square bales, was a BALE BUCKAROO as a youngster, no kicker, throw/stack on flat wagon. 👍💪🙏

Pete, you've got fantastic neighbours! At $40 a bale you can sleep very soundly knowing you have what you need and have paid a fair economical price to secure your heard. I remember listening to cattle farmers from Texas last year being charged $250 -$400 per bale because water was so scarce and drought hit them hard. The poor farmers had to cull most of their longhorns because they just couldn't afford to feed hay. My heart goes out to all the farmers....its a hard and sometimes thankless job but so very vital. Without you guys, there would be no life. God bless you, Hillary and the kids. All the best from the UK 🇬🇧

I can almost smell the hay from here! 😉The red wagon is great, you & your father did a good job with that!!

Oh, I forgot I was also going to say you are smart to go ahead and buy now and beat the rush to find the hay that's left an not pay high prices for it ! I hope you have a BLESSED DAY Pete !!!

The farmer that bales sixth acres of hay around use just now cut part of it way late. He wraps them in plastic. We hate it. He leaves a mess and isn’t a very good farmer. He pays my 92 year old mother-in-law 2500. For the year. If we had our say it wouldn’t be happening. But love seeing it when its down and being able to watch all the critters. This to shall pass. Love seeing how farming should be done. Thank you!

Watching you and Hilary is such a good feeling , working together in a pleasant way and making my day 😊specially with your jokes and Hilary supporting smiles 😊, love it my wish to be a farmer was not fulfilled but watching you makes my day 👍,wish you all the best .

Hello Dale it was nice to see you on Petes Channel.....

A big hearty hello to Dale

I love that you’re supporting your neighbors and they support you… That’s amazing ❤️.. Keep it up!

That hay wagon you and your Dad built sure is paying for itself !!!

We had like a 30 minute thunderstorm just this morning. But, I don’t live on a farm. Prayers you get some rain soon. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thanks for the math between round and square bales and the HUGE difference in labour. Amazing!!!

No wind here (06790), just smoky for the last 4 days

Great to see the bale wagon your Dad made is working great.

No way the first time I've ever seen Pete with shorts😂😂❤

Just like the ol Boy Scout Motto; Always Faithful Always Prepared!

Morning Pete, family, and farm. The barn addition looks awesome, as well as the new calf's this year. Excited to see what the pig barn update is going to be. Thanks for sharing and inviting me and my family on your farm and life. Thanks for teaching me and keeping me updated on the farm life, I can't wait to return to the farm.

As a kid, I remember with fondness bumping along on the hay rack when dad helped my uncle with bailing hay. Love the smell of the hay field!

Moisture Content being lower: I went to Beef Field a few years back hosted by the University of Tennessee where they fed a group of steers with conventional "dried" hay vs. wrapped haylage. Both style rolls were harvested out of the same field. One group was fed dry hay the other group haylage. I was surprised by the results! The protein content was vitally the same, the rate of gain was vitally the same with 2 groups! The only 2 difference was the water consumption was greater on the group of steers being fed the dry hay. And that there was more waste with the haylage due to spoilage. The university conclusions was that Dry hay cut at the right time, at the right protein level was just as good and a heck of a lot cheaper to harvest! Good luck....Hope ya get some rain too!

Hay in the barn is like money in the bank. Thanks for sharing.

Those bales remind me of growing up eating Shredded Wheat for breakfast.

Good planning, Pete, and if the weather cooperates and you do get the rain to make the hay grow then you can either put it up for your future supply or sell your excess. BTW, I am 65 now but when I was a 16-17 year old in the mid-70s our neighbor "Max" hired me and about a half dozen other boys and we put up 4000 small square bales in one 10 hour hot summer day in South Central Iowa. Two boys on the rack behind the baler, and two boys on the rack at the barn unloading the racks onto the elevator, and two boys in the hay mow stacking it. Max wouldn't let us eat until the end of the day and then he brought a big load of food from his grocery store and we had cold cuts sandwiches, potato chips, and ice cold soda all for free. Back then a lot of our local farmers made small round bales with those old Allis Chalmers Roto-Balers and just let the bales drop in the field and so I started a business picking up their bales for them and putting them in the barn. I had a small crew of 4 fellow high school students working for me. I paid them by the bale put in the barn which was the same way I got paid. I think I got 15 cents a bale and I paid the guys 2.5 cents a bale and kept 5 cents a bale for myself. It was quite an experience.

You can never have enough Hay on Hand, it will be a dry Year for Sure and being prepared for the worse Case Scenario is always good 👍

Good morning Pete, my name is Josh, I'm new to your channel, but I want you to know my wife and I love your videos. Two years ago we bought a small 21acre piece of ground and currently we raise two types of goats on the property... We started thinking we could make our own hey for the goats and started buying old equipment, and I stumbled on to one of your videos about adjusting a sicle mower, been hooked ever since. You have given us more advice on how to get the hey process going than I would of ever figured out on my own, thanks a million. Keep them videos coming 😂 ( obviously goats aren't as picky as Patty but they do complain alot as well) 😂😊

food security, for ourselves and our animals, equals peace of mind

old hay is old gold

Yep ! I can relate to all of this video. been there done that, but not from a Farming standpoint. As I've mentioned before I was a Hay Dealer for years and 330 small bales would hve been a load on my little 6 wheeler, and close to a third of a load on my 18 Wheeler. I ran more loads with the 6 wheeler most stables that I drew into could not handle (not enough mow space) for trailer load. Drew most of it from the finger lakes region, on up to Watertown and closer to home. average year? 50-55 thousand bales. And I remember back in 75 there was a Drout, mostly out west we hauled a lot of Hay to Amsterdam to the rail yards to help the farmers out there. Good years and bad years. thanks for sharing Pete. ECF

i enjoyed this video, Made me think about my brother putting up square bales as a teenager on neighboring farms. It was hard work but it prepared him for life. He graduated from high school. Joined the Navy in 1966. Graduated from college. Raised a family. He learned alot throwing square bails on the back of a wagon. Thanks for reminding me of him.

I always learn something new as I watch your farm. Thank you.

I like how many of the cattle get five feet on the new pasture and then stop to eat!

My Grandfather thought that letting me stack square bales all day would make a man out of me. It made me appreciate what farmers do

It is dry almost everywhere. Lucky we have enough hay to get by. Praying for rain. Maybe while watching you I will perform a rain dance??

A farmer gentleman in NC keeps muttering the same thing. He thinks it will be a dry year. I live in the NM high desert and I’m thinking the weather patters are already strange. Two to three weeks too soon to go into summer, yet here we are Last year it rained early too, but a bit less than normal.

Good decision to buy hay now @ a good price, and as a bonus….a good nights sleep….priceless😊

In the 70's, we didn't have a trailer so we just put the bales in the back of our pickups. That was work! Lol

"So that your barns will overflow with plenty..." Proverbs 3:10

It's always a good idea to be prepared and love the cyclones tee-shirt.

that is an excellent price on the hay. We did get almost an inch of rain a week ago here in Otsego County. The last few days it has been very smoky- today was more normal.

You're pretty lucky to have a neighbor willing to sell you hay at a pretty reasonable rate...

Hay in the barn is peace of mind. 👍👍👍

Great advice Pete, y'all are smart. Praying for rain . I watch a small farmer in Tennessee and she said they are in a drought too. 😢 Lord please send the rain to these small farmers, water is essential for life. In Jesus name amen

Yes, indeed. You ARE Pete. We like our farm fix from Pete! Patty and company are a load of lucky cattle! "Dad" shows his love with all of that feed stored up for them. This would be a good time for a soaker to hit, and head far north. Thanks Pete, always a pleasure.

Hello from France! Different continent, but same gut feeling: gonna be a dry dry season! Just this morning I got in my hay. Same as you: about 1,5 times as much as I would normally stock up. Great feeling to know that the hay barn is filled.

That's such a good wagon that You and your Dad constructed.

Big round bales save a lot of work compared to small squares, although both have pros and cons. My dad's uncle, Gary Vermeer, introduced the first big round baler to the market in 1971 after a local farmer said he was getting out of the cattle business due to the work involved in putting up and feeding hay. The number of hours saved over the years has to be incredible.

Always good to see new episodes of Just a Few Acres, Tyler Farmer Ranch and Sleep Ranch. All very humbling, sincere and honest hardworking Americans. Makes you almost forget all the chaos that’s out there today

I entirely agree. Feed in the Barn is sweet dreams at night.

Oh my, the memory of hay baling and storing... In the 1950s, my farm families didn't have a lot so while they bought some hay, they baled a lot too! My father hated hay season because he didn't understand why I (the girl!) was so involved. I have always felt sorry for him, he was a very smart man but he just didn't understand farming. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for the memories!

Making Hay while the Sun shines.

One good thing about being dry is to get hay in before it gets rained on. And for your construction projects. Nuthing worse than slopping around in the mud when building things.

Always better to be prepared. I fully agree. Hay will store

You have been farming long enough to know what you need. The smart farmer is always prepared and you sir are prepared. 😊

Nice to have the hay in the barn and not worry about a shortage.

That new trailer is sure nice and came in very handy.😊

As usual, Pete.........a GREAT video! So glad you have your hay in. Now, if we get a moist summer, there will be another cutting for you. Here in Maine, we have had several days of rain....(on and off).....Everything is lush and green. Bev in Maine

It was very dry and crunchy here also, with wildfires all over the place. And then June 1-7 we got over 3 inches of rain. Yikes.

Kind of reminded me of our toilet paper hoard during the Pandemic...all those round bales!😉

Good preparation leads to peace of mind and sound sleep! And in this situation, happy cows with full bellies! You set a good example for us all, Pete!

Boy that green grass shut them up .Lord we need rain,everything is crunchy.It’s a good thing to have a Dale nearby .nice wagon you guys built . Good choice for color God Bless.

Love the videos of the farm life, Pete. Takes me back to my childhood, so thank you and keep them coming.

Performing a rain dance for you and your cattle!

I love your videos. You seem like one of the very few humble people left in this world. I grew up farming and would love to have what you have someday.

I remember when being a child we used hayracks to dry the hay, no bales, just loose hay on the wagon, and a hayfork to shove it down into the barn. When you see the old Norwegian barns, you can see how there was a loft with a ramp to drive, first a horse with wagon, later a tractor to unload the hay. Hundred of man-hours are saved with baling and tractors.

Thats a good hay wagon, It don't matter what size you have you can fit any size bale on it. Some are designed just for certain size bales that one's pretty good😊. The hay around here Is yielding about half of what it usually does😢

We feed a lot of cow cake and maybe a semi load worth of square bales. We ran an average of 600 cows on 64k acres. Hard work but I miss it.

The farmers I used to hire out to when I was a kid in the summer time would hook the hay wagon to the back of the square baler and we stacked the hay right out of the baler onto the wagons. The bales never touched the ground. Thanks Pete, you bringing up the square baling brought back some fond memories of my younger days. God bless you.

Thanks for the video Pete. Let's pray for some rain soon 🙏🙏🙏.

50 years ago I helped with a friend's haying. Box bales. Hardest work I ever did.

Thanks for including the sizes and weights. Interesting comparing that to my dad's numbers in western Montana.

It’s dryer than a popcorn fart down here in north central Pa too. Very wise to have purchased that hay Pete!

Nice hay wagon! Nice hay. Those will be some happy cattle.

40 bucks a bale is like hitting the jackpot. Great to have good neighbors who will deal with you and not put the screws to ya. Last year diesel was $6.30 a gallon and about put me in the poor house.

I dont usually comment but, here in New Zealand we have just gone thru the wettest summer I can remember. The weather is certainly doing weird things the last few years

Pete, Your weather is exactly the same as ours in West Michigan. Summer and Winter. Need rain now! We see you in the felds and lying in the pasture in your videos. Any ticks? We have major ticks. Keep up the great videos. Can't wait to see you fix the 786.

We are feeling the dry conditions in IN, too. Our corn and soybeans are looking kinda sad right now.

Good video. Boy scout motto "always be prepared". Surely it will rain again!

Good morning Pete, thanks for always putting out great content! I look forward to your videos. I got to meet you this past weekend at the farmers market and bought some bacon and sausage. I have to tell you it was fantastic!

I unfortunately think you're right Pete. Glad to see you are prepared for it instead of reacting to it.

Lord please send Pete some rain and all the other farmers who are in need.

I love your relaxing videos. Prove the saying "I love work, I can watch it all day". Need more corny jokes!

Thank you for the walk down memory lane

The bale wagon you and dad built sure paid off!

Thanks Pete.

Today, Thursday June 8 in Brant County Ontario , we have had only 39.1 mm = 1.54 inches of rain since May 1. Tonight after coming back from going out to dinner the clouds came over and it started spitting. It's cooled off considerably and we are hoping for rain overnight and tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Pete your right extra hay is money in the bank.💰💰💰

Pete you need more trees on your field. They are a pain in the a** if you need to cut hay but if you're gonna use them for grazing the trees help a lot with shade and moiste and better grass growth

Hi Pete, something i learned at school in the sixties...cause we had to: 30 is hot, 20 is nice, 10 is cool and 0 is ice. Fahrenheit or something.

There are lot of similarities in our situation here in the midwest. We have about 50 4x5 bales from last year, which is net wrapped and outside. This year our expectations are not very high for the yields in the hay. We expect to be close to last years totals on hay, but if we can get a fall cut, which we did last year, that should push us over the top. We did downsize some of our herd, but we may need to do it a little more, if needed. Anyways, I enjoyed your video and thanks for that, I hope you have a nice day!

Hello Dale!! Thank you for being there for your neighbor! God bless you!

I love how cows keep talking while u work 😂😂 makes me smile always

Yep Pete. Y’all can’t ever have too much hay Glad you got it got.

Very nice wagon you have to haul those round bales

Pete, I don't know why, but I'm always smiling thru your videos. (peaceful satisfaction? 🤷‍♂)

Was like that dry, in Europe last year, farmers had to sell cattle at dump prices. Now is the reverse, the grass is overgrown and it keeps raining almost daily, and quality hay is all arround and dirt cheap. Makes total sense to set aside a hay reserve.

We have been very blessed with some soaking rains over the last six weeks or so, here in northeast Florida. Had a mini-hurricane today with gusts that must have been pushing 50 to 70 mph ... boy, it was nuts. Thankfully it didn't like our neighborhood and left early ...

Hay Hay It’s Pete getting Hay! Love the smell of fresh hay. Good to be proactive Pete. Last year, I mowed the lawn just twice…looks like the same this year- no rain out West in Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 17:02

I love your videos and I love the memories they bring to me of my time working with my grandpa on his farm