Yes this is great hay for goats. We feed to cows and sheep.

No, it was light windrows because of the drought.

Going to have the GoPro's mounted differently this summer. The rake struggles in the heavy sudan. I had to open the width of the rake which caused me to miss the outside edges of the windrows. Need to add gathering wheels on the baler.

I want to get a rotary rake but need to get out of the drought first so I can make some money to pay for it.

In Illinois you probably would have to wrap the bales.

You got that right!

I have over 1200 hours. The tractor engine and transmission are pretty rock solid. The electrical on the Mahindra is subpar because they use under sized wire gauge. The AC is not great. The tractor will not start below 25F degrees (I'm buying a block heater). The hydraulics are strong but a lot of the hydraulic lines are routed in a way that they rub against metal and frequently spring leaks. The air ride seat is junk. Parts are hard to get and expensive. It is the roughest riding tractor I have ever been in. Would I buy another Mahindra? No. I would look at a Massey Ferguson or a Deutz-Fahr. Both are great tractors and have more features at a good price.

@@navarrohillsranch I appreciate the comments, i am looking at used one with 1100 hours and your feedback is quite helpful.

We had wind chills down to -5. I'm ready for Spring.

Yep, it is coming along just need the weather to cooperate on the weekends so I can get finished. Looks like El Nino is finally here!

It definitely paid off because we just went 20 hours without power.

Good luck with that! Lol

I just got a couple vent free propane heaters to go along with the fireplace. Went 20 hours without power this time with wind chills in the -5 range. Our power grid is just like the Dallas Cowboys, it always lets us down when the big event happens.

Yep, it was cold. We were below freezing for over 90 hours and lost electricity for 20 hours. Good luck in PA.

Thank you for giving me some insight on how to fix it!

Thank You

@@navarrohillsranch you're welcome.

The yield is driving me to drinking...lol

This blackland prairie soil is a love/hate relationship! I love that it can grow just about anything and I hate how it turns to gumbo when it rains.

man you must have some very poor soil to say you miss blackland. I would much rather have sandy land ground than blackland any day. I have some of both and am much happier with the sandy land.

@mikew732 yeah I know people hate clay. But it's got alot to do with the weather too. I live in the tundra with sandy loam. It never rains here, and it freezes 8 months of the year. Plus it gets dark at like 430 right now. Lots of reason bro

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Thank you. The first cutting was very good. Unfortunately the drought kicked in and hit us hard and we just did a second cutting last week (October 14th) which is going to be a lot less.

@@navarrohillsranch huh sounds like you been getting the rains/ the warm weather to keep it regrowing. Inerways thanks for replying back.

@@randymaylowski2485 Normally we get 4 full cuttings of Sorghum Sudan. We got good rains in May that led to a great first cutting but then no rain until October so we are only getting a really bad second cutting.

What is a huisache tree?

pretty sure those are mesquite trees not huisache...

We finally got 2"s of rain and went ahead and mowed our 2nd cutting of hay. It has been a rough year.

It rained 1 mile north of us again but not here. Just need some rain so I can get a 2nd cutting of hay.

Next year I will probably do a series of videos on Sudan grass from start to finish.

There’s a difference between Sudan grass and sorghum Sudan.

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Rollers are better for conditioning. The tine conditioner works but it takes more time to dry versus rollers.

Thank you. It was good to get the hay done, not sure if we will get anymore due to no rain. Have a great week!

Thank you!

Walter Moss Mega Green.

A 4x5 round contains about 18 small square bales. We did 51 round bales on the first field and 50 round bales on this field. On this field we would have done just over 900 square bales.

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Thank You. Not sure how much more we will get this year without rain but hopefully 1 or 2 cuttings.

We put out 50lbs nitrogen and 40lbs phosphorus per acre. This was based on our soil test. We had planned on putting out another 50lbs nitrogen per acre after first baling but there was no rain in the forecast. Next year we are going to put out 100lbs nitrogen at planting time and whatever else the soil test recommends and not split the application unless we switch to liquid fertilizer.

@@navarrohillsranch it looks great!

Gracias!

I will look at the New Holland. I want minimum 120hp in my next tractor.

@@navarrohillsranch alright the tractor we got is 117 engine hp 100pto hp

Thanks for watching!

Thank you, I’m going to lose a lot of weight this summer with the broke glass… lol

@@navarrohillsranch to expensive. Get some table thick clear vinyl Walmart. and stitch some velcro on it then some tape velcro on the tractor.

It was soo hot!

Yea pretty boring not seeing the baler working.

Gracias.

Good thing is that this year is an exact 180 from last year for hay. I have to get a new door for my tractor so my air condition will try and overcome the heat. Good luck and keep the hay rolling!

Thank you!

78 would be a blessing for us. It is 103 today.

Luckily the tractor stayed below the red line. It was 108 out when we started with a heat index of 116. Man it was hot, I lost a few pounds.

@@stevenhendrickson8889 Don't know how you folks do it. I couldn't handle that. Take care.

Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. We are truly blessed to get to do what we do.

We will be baling with a John Deere 459 baler which produces a 4x5 bale. Our target is 5+ bales per acre but it looks like we might exceed that target this time.

Sounds good. Looks really good. I am in limestone county. I planted A BMR photo sensitive. We have had only 1” of rain on it since it was planted.

We have been fortunate this year, last year was a total train wreck of a hay year. We only got 1" after planting our Sorghum Sudan and did not get any more rain till September. Hope y'all get some soon.

We got half of it mowed before we had a hydraulic on the tractor blow out. Working on getting a new one.

Thank you. It is one of the better investments I made.

I'm going to send the photos and videos over to them.

Will do!

Thanks. Now I have to sell more hay to buy more metal... It will work out in the end.

Yep, they ate it down fast. I got some electric netting in so I can get them on the rest of the area around the barn.