How Farmers Use Machines to Make Hay | Maryland Farm & Harvest

Making hay takes patience, good weather, and a lot of different machines! At 89 years old, farmer Glenn Rash has a lot of experience baling hay, and he has some awards from the Howard County Fair and Maryland State Fair to prove it! Over the course of several days, we see all the work that goes into a perfect load of hay bales.

Episode 801

[usstartarsauce]

So last week some farmer asked for help for their hay season for their horses, I volunteered a weekend to pick and load 19 tons of square bales. Seeing the square bale laying on the field made me wonder how it was done. That lead me to here and thank you for sharing these knowledge.

[sarah_farm]

I just cant believe how they have access to just such a large variety of fruits, trees and plants. Feels like they live in paradise. Fresh produce right on their door step, surrounded by nature and enjoyed together in a close knit family and community! All the money in the world cant buy what they have.

[paulsharpe]

What a TOP MAN, 89 years young & still doing the job he loves, what an inspiration you are my-friend, if I'm fortunate to live to 89 & have stable mind & fit & agile as you SIR!! I'll be very lucky & a very happy man.
Hay making was always my favourite time & still is, I've made my back creak many times pitching bales with a pitch fork, nice to have & work with the modern machinery of today though & the pitch fork a very distance memory.
Never stop doing the job you love as it's such a massive part of your life, it keeps your mind working & your body fit & agile.
Keep knocking them bales out my-friend & carry on as you do, those horses need your top quality HAY!!🐴🐴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[greywolfsmith]

Reminds me of when I used to do that, but we didn't have a stack wagon we had the baler and a wagon we'd have to load by hand with three or four guys, we'd put the tractor on auto pilot and just start tossing bales, the day was over when boss would bring out cold beer, good ole days, Crownsville Md.

[manfredkallmeier]

We had about 8000 Bales of hay and straw a Jear Sir-All Hand Work Dad loadn with the fork, Mum on the Waggon, Me since my 5th YEAR on the tractor-At the adge of 10 Years I was unloading the Waggons and Mum and Dad "puttn" the bales in the "Barntop"-Noone needs to belive, But today I'm 47 and got really bad Sholders. I Love the INTERNATIONAL 186 HYDRO-Great Tractor!! My Heart's Always beatn for USA, Mum and Dad could never understand-They died pretty Young, Dad 59, Mum 62. GOD BLESS US-FARMERS!!!🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸🗽🌠

[earllutz]

Great video. I haven't cut & bailed, for 2 or 3 years, since I don't have any horses now & my children are all grown & gone. But I plan on turning my ground over, reseeding, & seeing if my Grandson will help me, as he has in the past. I need something to do. Thank you again for the wonderful video.

[fcjcheah]

wow! so much work to make a bale of hay!!

[jerryfischer]

Glen you're one of kind! My kind of hay farmer. Picky and pragmatic 😊

[hamidahlouch]

Best regard to this man his wife and their neighbors from the south of Morocco.

[rexrider]

I wish we has stack wagons when I was young. I spent my summers throwing bails on a wagon. We were lucky enough at least to have an elevator.

[philiplewis]

Superb video! What a great guy. Thank you for sharing.

[asambi]

Keeps him young I bet, this guy is sharp as a tack I bet.

[chucklohnes]

Haying is the best job hands down. I will be doing hay till the day I die and I think he will to !!

[MiguelRodriguez-eoel]

No quiero ni imaginar que sera de la nueva generacion de ahora cuando nadie quiera hacer todo este tipo de trabajo!!!

[sumonprodhan]

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[kellyvaughn]

somebody needs to sit down and write with this master.

[manfredkallmeier]

3.30-3-33 best Scene-Great-I Love it!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[MustangsTrainsMowers]

Definitely mechanize the process as much as possible because it’s really hard to hand stack bales on a wagon or in a barn, , , and it’s really dusty too.

[claytonoverly]

He actually just auctioned off his equipment this winter

[marciasnyder]

Ha we have a trailer on our bailer and we stand on the trailer and stack it manually