How Much I Made Baling Hay From Scratch (Second Cut)

In this video we take the second cutting of hay off the 5 acres I previously baled this spring. It was a dry year and after the first cut the grass barley grew back. We ended up totaling the revenue for the year and how many bales we brought in.

[Military-Museum-LP]

I used to strongly believe in the sickle bar cutters were the best but I’ve been proven wrong. The disc cutter is in a league of its own.

[Krispy]

Shoutout to your girlfriend jumping back there and helping you with the bales. That is tough work, she is a keeper. Loving the videos!

[tomholmes]

Josie is definitely a keeper! Always impressed by a person that helps you achieve your dream

[RogerW]

Hats off to Josie for working with you. She deserves a nice massage after working like that. Treat her well! Congrats to you Spencer for taking the leap! Keep it up!

[Rob]

As usual, another excellent video Spencer. So refreshing to see a young man chasing his dream and willing to put in the sweat equity to see it through. Glad to see you're also listening to constructive advice. Taking the time to clean up that equipment will pay off in the long run and save you tons of money and headache. You're doing it right young man. God speed and God Bless

[joshbutterfass]

Spencer you should go to your local tractor supply store and ask them if they have a bale hook so your helper can reach the bales off the baler better that way they don’t almost fall off the wagon trying to reach the bales it’s just a suggestion especially when using that type of baler

[torekristoffersen]

Josie is a keeper for sure…. Great to see you young ‘uns keeping the farming tradition alive in America!

[JBAviationIRL]

Hi spencer I from Ireland love seeing farming in other country’s hope you are doing well keep up great work

[lstone.]

A lot of respect goes out to you. My grandfather used similar equipment, only difference was his was a bit older. Awesome video. 🚜🚜🚜

[Complex_youtube]

I found you a couple of days ago and this is already very quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. I'm learning a lot and very much enjoying these. Keep up the awesome content man

[robervin]

This is exactly why your the goat you gave back to other goats lol. Huge shoutout Josie for her help. We appreciate it. I’m really proud of you champ You are tremendous angel.

[SmLfe]

Good to see you Hilbert boys settling down on some dirt. I remember back in the day you two were quite the bunch. Good looking dame you snagged. Gotta talk Grant into finding a little lady instead of spreading his oats all over that great state of Iowa. Well, Till next time, get it “till”…yeah I just did that. Peace ✌🏻

[williammerry]

great video. I love to see these old machines doing their job. You have a super good helper as well. You are absolutely right to totally clean equipment when ready to store it. Good on you. Keep the videos coming young man.

[gmnufby]

What I personally would do, Spencer, is to spray those fields, then no-till in a mixture of alfalfa, timothy, trefoil, brome grass, and sweet clover at a seeding rate of 20 pounds per acre, along with 150 pounds per acre of 19, 19, 19 fertilizer! No-tilling will help hold the moisture content in the soil and provide a good seed bed for the new crop of hay! Also plant a mixture of oats and barley at 4 bushel per acre to act as a cover crop, which can be cut green and used as green grain hay! Also, invest in a good used John Deere 600 or equivalent swather/windrower this will eliminate mowing and raking and speeds up the drying process of the hay by at least one if not two full days! If you can make high quality horse or dairy cattle hay, you should get at the minimum $11.00 a bale for 50 pound bales! If the weather cooperates you should yield at least 100 bales per acre on first cutting and 55 to 70 bales per acre on second cutting cutting

[dearlgraham]

smiles gives me warm fuzzy feelins the younger generation is taking the challenge of farming serious your awesome !!

[nickmarriott]

Hey Spencer, we used to use an old paint brush and paint a thin layer of used engine oil onto any shiny parts of machinery between uses to stop it from rusting, cheap easy and quick.

[mattsconberg]

loved watching you two work together like that. Y'all are doin great!

[asquithmainlines]

I love that you are doing it all old school.

[Iamkcsc]

Nice to see you cleaning, greasing and lubricating your equipment

[its_kritics]

I play a lot of Farming Simulator and I got recommended this and I’m very impressed. Being from the city you don’t see much farming happening. But to see the work out in is amazing