P.E. Robbins

VICTORIA HAY SALES

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Tim 309-368-0529 / Ed 309-351-3383

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The Hay Blog

The business of hay and other things you didn't know.

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Nov

Tedding - Fluffing Up The Hay

The next step in the haymaking process is tedding. It fluffs up the hay to help speed up the drying process. A good tedding looks like green waves on the field. Depending on the heaviness of the hay and the weather, tedding may or may not be the next step. Early in the hay season when there is a lot of hay down as the forage is usually thicker, we will utilize the tedder to allow all the hay to dry more evenly. Later in the summer when the hay cutting is thinner, we may skip this
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Oct

How We Make Our Hay

This week we will give a simple outline of how we produce our hay and later on go back and discuss each step in more detail. 1. Assess the field. This is usually done in the fall and/or spring. We determine, based on yield totals from the previous season, if any amenities needs to be added to the soil. Sometimes we will have soil samples taken to help determine a field’s overall status. If it is a newly-acquired field, we may prep the field for seeding or clear out over-growth of unwanted

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