American Farmers Fight Rise In Hay Thefts

[Dean Hoffman]

With something as simple as this:

There are many loaders made for tractors, skid loaders and pickups. It isn't at all unusual for hay to be left outside. The bales might rot a bit on the outside but the interior is usually fine. We used to put what we could in the barn and stack the rest just outside the cow lot. This was in the days of the 60-80 pound rectangular bales. We loaded, unloaded, and stacked by hand. Ranchers in the Nebraska Sandhills used to make hay stacks with loose hay. A single haystack here: bunch of pictures here of various sized bales, hay equipment etc.

[Wes Groleau]

I see you know very little about hay.

[Pete C.]

Oddly enough I saw a lot of backyard gardens and little greenhouses while I was in the UK this year, even in pretty urban areas.

[Attila Iskander]

Sadly that's no guarantee that they can think outside of the box..

[Stormin Mormon]

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# And even if you succeeded, how would you get it out? # I see you know as little as these journalists.

Funny how farmers have no trouble either shoving in or pulling out their bale spears. You have to wonder how on earth they manage to do it...

[Attila Iskander]

# Much like the humming bird. Science has proven that it cannot fly. #

Don't forget the bumble-bee is also not supposed to be able to fly But fly it does anyway. \

[Wes Groleau]

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[harry]

Obviously, you don't have a clue. That is not hay in the black plastic, it is silage.

[harry]

Right! And how do they get it into the hay? And how do they taper it and how does that help? You are truely a halfwit.

[harry]

Even dew will spoil hay. The black bags are not hay but silage. (Fermented grass) Silage BTW would be twice the weight of hay.

[harry]

The bale lifts go on the front or back of an agricultural tractor using the hydraulics to lift. So it would need to be another farmer.

That narrows down the suspects then a bit.

[harry]

They manage it because the spear is mounted on an agricultural tractor (front or rear).

[harry]

Few people make small bales these days. Few people even make hay, they make silage. How do you steal a haystack of loose hay then?

[harry]

I used to own a farm. I can see you have a big mouth and know absolutely nothing about hay.

[harry]

I know they have to be stored in a well ventilated, dry place. Any moisture at all will cause the hay to rot. Away from damp in the ground too.

[harry]

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So the cops won't notice anyone transporting a tractor on a trailer along with several tons of hay?

[harry]

Can you verify that statement or is it another of your folksy theories?

[The Daring Dufas]

Big vacuum cleaner you silly boy. ^_^

TDD

[Dean Hoffman]

With a stack mover, of course. A truck mounted one here:

makes a lot of different types of hay equipment. There isn't much alfalfa in my area anymore. I don't remember anyone making silage out of it. It was always baled. A few farmers I know are raising alfalfa for a nearby dairy. They're baling it. Silage here (central Nebraska) is corn silage. The cattle feeders usually put it in bunker silos. A couple pictures here: The hay shortage is prompting one change. There are a lot more guys baling their corn stover.

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