In early July, we spent a few different days and multiple hours with our friends from T&C Agriculture during their first cut!
I missed capturing the true hard work behind this operation. Where the square bales get slingshotted into the wagons and eventually transported by a conveyor belt into the barn and hand stacked for storage.
Despite missing the most busy part, I did manage to spend a few hours helping unload one of the wagons into the hay loft!
I got a true understanding of how severe my allergies are and how much work goes into unloading the wagons after the bales are made.
Producing hay, expecially high quality hay, requires days of good weather and lots of work.
After the grass is cut, farmers use equipment by tedding out the grass, this process includes, scattering it around the field to allow it to try out faster in order to bale.
Once the grass is dry enough, farmers use equipment by wind-rowing the dried grass into neat rows for machines to bale the hay!
In these photos a more farmer friendly machine called the Bale Baron, makes 21 square bales and compiles them into one larger bundle. Making it easier for storage, transportation and reducing the amount of time spent in the field!
Photos attached include Massey Ferguson 4707 operated by Courtney Copeland with T&C Agriculture.
Bale Baron owned by Mount Hanley Farms in Bridgetown and operated by Kyle Chute.
Old school Fiat farm tractor operated by Mike Maclean and owned by Gordon Jackson.
Adrian J.
