Family Farm with MASSIVE Hay Production (13,000 bales/day!!)

We are super excited to show you guys our newest hay additions! This is a one year spin off of our most viral video where we boasted we could do 10,000 bales a day. Now, we have the capacity to 13k or even greater given the right conditions with a few big improvements. Thank you all for the support!
In this video we are predominantly running Massey Ferguson Tractors, Kenworth Semis, Massey Ferguson Balers, Arcusin Bundlers and a Forstak, JCB Telehandlers, Kuhn rotary rakes, and of course, Ford Pickups.

[@johnnytoobad4287]

Back in the 70's my 2 brothers and I had a hay operation for a few summers. Cut,rake,bale and put in barn for 20 cents a bale. A good day we did 1000 bales. You brought back some good memories. Thanks

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks for checking the video out Guy!

[@edhutchinson3687]

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[@michaelwalsh9145]

I used to bale on hire in Ireland during the 80’s and it was 18 pence a bale for baling. I baled 5000 bales in one day which was good going as I had to drive to different farms within a five mile radius.

[@benjaminwhite7823]

Imagine hand picking all them fields when I was in middle and high school me and 3 other guys did about 1500 bales for around 2 weeks twice a year for wasn't all that fun but would only have to work 4 weeks out of the year and have enough money to play all year and the guy we worked for ran a four wheeler and dirt bike shop and he would fix our toys for us also

[@FarmingInsider]

Doing this stuff by hand is hard, hard work but that sounds like you had a nice gig going with that producer

[@coltlewis5871]

I did that for years… Oh the memories lol. At 15 I went to work for a feed store ( I was home schooled, started working full time at 13 ) 6 days a week. We had 24 horses and 80 head of cattle too. Everything was square bales. It wasn’t until I turned 20 that we decided we had enough and went to round bales. Absolutely the best choice we ever made for the ranch and our bodies. I hate the sight of a square bale. Neat to see a big operation like this though, actually be fun to work, as long as the bale tossing is kept to a minimum lol.

[@fightingbear8537]

Things have changed. Bailing by hand is hard work.

[@brettleybuilt]

Sounds like a great deal for everyone.

[@edeancozzens3833]

On our farm we always took Sundays off and went to church in the mornings and rested and visited with friends in the afternoon.

[@FarmingInsider]

We try to when we can

[@sharonkindig220]

I baled hay for 40 years in Lancaster, Ca and am so impressed with your haying operation !!!!!

[@FarmingInsider]

thank you!

[@morrisanderson818]

Love watching how others do hay,retired farmer from New Zealand thanks

[@jamesmarsh4957]

wow that is impressive , to think we use to do what you do in a day was our year

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you! We try to get it done

[@jackchambers1654]

The world is good when you are making hay.

[@dumitrumihaidumitrumihai2751]

Súper vídeo big big 👍🤜🤛👏🍾👍

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!

[@paulveenings6861]

I’m watching this from Western Australia . I work for a bale contractor . We only bale big squares , not the idiot cubes as we call them 🙂 99% of our baling is done at night when the heat is down and humidity is up . It’s always great looking at other operations and how it’s done in other countries . Good gear and operators .

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks for tuning in Paul! The only time we could EVER bale at night is during a severe drought

[@cannontaylor97]

Small bales are good money in America

[@cliffterrell4876]

We do the same thing in Arizona. Bale at night to get some dew otherwise your bales turn into power. We do big square bales and three string small bales (100-105 pounds each) because that is what ranchers like here.

[@kentuthan8244]

Interesting! I'm sure it's hard work, long day, hot, and physically demanding. But watching on KZbin it just look so much fun operating those machinery. A lot more interesting than finance job for sure...Thanks for sharing.

[@CEng-ge6sw]

Hi from the UK. Nice to see a JCB in the USA. I hope it gives you excellent service.

[@FarmingInsider]

They do! They are great machines

[@wecandobetter9821]

Back in early 60s Six of us ages about 15-16 spent about 3 weeks cutting tobacco in Maryland. Talk about hard work. We made $1.00 hour and was glad to get it. Try getting the youth of today to do something similar. Doubt you’d get many takers

[@lukemorley7481]

I like the bale collecter

[@FarmingInsider]

It works really well!

[@79terrafirma]

I run the same baler as you. 1840 classs1. I have a bale bandit hooked behind it. My second season with it. I love the smell of fresh hay in the shed.

[@FarmingInsider]

GREAT balers!

[@MR.GetOVERiT333]

MY GOATS LOVE YOUR HAY SIR. THANKS FROM MY GOATS TO YOU FARMERS.

[@FarmingInsider]

thank you for the support!

[@cy-fairclean8458]

Back in my day we loaded the bales onto the trailer by hand. It’s nice to see technology at work

[@FarmingInsider]

It’s nice to not be doing it by hand anymore!

[@harvest585]

Very very good video Matey x

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!!

[@PLL1652]

Impressive setup you guys have going, we do around 3000 bales in a very busy day with average around 2000 a day, we run 1 1840 massey baler and 2 tractors with trailers and handload everything. Greetings from South Africa!

[@FarmingInsider]

Greetings! Thanks for tuning in

[@74sampson]

When I was young we were paid 10 cents per bale. Lifted from the field to the truck then stacked in the shed. Rain was the enemy, time a weapon and the clock a measure of our strength. I miss the crunch of the field stubble, the smell of the hay and the cold black coffee of which we had plenty. Rain out, meant no wages, no work and tears were shed ... in the sheds.

[@shaungreenlee2376]

Back in the late 70's when we lived on a farm we use to throw salt all about to help keep the moisture down so we didn't get mold started or at least reduce the chance.

[@FarmingInsider]

Never tried the salt. Did you think it worked well?

[@shaungreenlee2376]

@@FarmingInsider worked great for us, in 10 years I can only remember having mold on a couple bales of hay.

[@jimosullivan4866]

long before hay was ever baled and hay was stored inside Salt was a like saver , especially if it wasn't fully dry , kept it from over heating

[@davidgregson6992]

WOW, great job

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you David!

[@brianvaught2583]

I did this for a long time except we did straw. Covered parts of kentucky, most of indiana, some in illinois and then some in michigan. Iv hauled and loaded tons and tons and tons of straw. I loved that job.

[@alwayssearching1882]

I just learned a whole new thing today. This is cool.

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@tiggerweld4317]

Same struggle in south west pa,first cutting in August.My Teff was rained on twice had to round bale and wrap it for cow hay.

[@FarmingInsider]

Man... that's takes alot of the joy out of this. Sorry to hear about your struggles as well. We have been lucky enough to have nothing rained on yet this year

[@ericgunter45]

Man your dad is tough, raking hay in august on an open station tractor. My hats off to him I dont like mowing my small yard in august

[@alexshephard9616]

Love your guys fords

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks Alex!! We are working them pretty hard lately with the trailers and they have held up phenomenal

[@mikereekie4948]

Awesome operation. I'm watching this in Kazahkstan 👌

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks!

[@spacehonky6315]

I was on a 4 man crew that threw thousands of straw bales for 34 cents. Easy money for high school kids in fairly nice Missouri weather. We should've charged more! There weren't any other crews around, and the farmer had a contract with the hwy dept for $2.50. Not bad for the farmer who already sold his wheat. I still aint complaining though. June straw bales are WAY easier in a hayloft than alfalfa or clover when it's 100°!

[@FarmingInsider]

That’s HARD work!

[@joeboudreault2226]

Hay there! Neat.

[@FarmingInsider]

Hay!

[@22region]

Супер! У вас хорошая техника и ферма. У нас в России, такую технику имеют только очень крупные агрохолдинги. Дай бог вам здоровья и успехов в работе!

[@andyrobinson339]

Great video! Feel sorry for all the weather problems you have had--here in central VT we got 13" of rain in July! Fields are still wet. Just want to point out that it's not really "first cut" hay at this time of year, even thought it's the first cutting. There is so much undergrowth coming up now, and the nutritional value is so far below what normal first cut hay should be it's hard what to know what to call it!

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!! It is difficult to name it lol. We pull tests on almost every batch that comes in the barn and this later stuff with lots of grass regrowth is actually testing better than some our of stuff baled July 2nd where it was just old but not experiencing any regrowth yet

[@jeffreywolcott5424]

We would buck bales all summer following the cuttings. Sometimes we would need extra help and hired kids from town, very rarely would they last a whole day. The tractor driver was the farmers 10 year old son, come on guys we’re burning daylight. Too funny. During really hot days we would work sunup til about 10, got to the lake til 4. Have dinner and work til dark.

[@FarmingInsider]

It’s hard but satisfying work

[@user-qj3vz7jk6i]

In 1962 I got $2 a day to stack hay on wagons and stack in hay mows in old Pa. Dutch bank barns.

[@mhoffe]

I love learning all about the different farm machines and how they work or what impact they have. So, you say you are cutting square bales for horses. Would you share with me how many flakes or how heavy they, are they good quality horse hay (no picky things or anything like that), are you going to be doing round bales. Lastly would you deliver (here it comes...lol) to Gaines, Michigan. It is right smack dab in the middle of Lansing, Flint, and Durand. A few miles off of I-69. Gee whiz I would even come pick it up. With my horse trailer or rent a U-Haul trailer to maximize my purchase. Pleas let me know at you convenience. I am going from 2 horses up to twenty as people moving into some of our out buildings want to get back into riding. We'll have an indoor and outdoor arenas. So that is the scoop at this time, of course with family of mine and say "Surprise" and not say it's not another grand baby, but it is a grand baby by default So what I need from you please, 1. Will you please sell to a Michigan dealer, just now getting into homesteading and ranch life. All tips, foibles, oops I shoulda done it that etc. I know you get the picture and it be so wonderful of you and other farmers, Amish, Mennonite, all would be deeply appreciated . 2. Estimated annual usage would be: 108 round bails 1,100 large square bales (These are merely estimates as I am working off numbers from awhile back) It would be wonderful to hear from one of my favorite YT.

[@FarmingInsider]

Hi Mary! Thank you for the very nice feedback. Would you mind messaging us at Miller Farms Custom, LLC on Facebook if you have one? We can discuss further logistics. We would love to supply you!

[@aidenkoster6427]

Love your hay vids

[@FarmingInsider]

They are our favorite to make for sure!

[@stevepepin74]

Great video again. Your guys farm is amazing!

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you Steven!

[@rodneymacfarlane1707]

great video thanks.

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you for the view!

[@jeffmiller1962]

Need to run like that in northern Ohio this year with all the rain great crew !!!

[@FarmingInsider]

They hammer it out when they can 🔨

[@MrKen-longrangegrdhogeliminato]

Be sure to thank God for the blessings you all received.

[@FarmingInsider]

Always!

[@susanreutter4576]

Impressive, as always.

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you for the support!

[@mean.p.c.g7012]

this is how i love farmmer life. it so amazing. i spend my time to my dream in farming simulator,

[@RichardWright4707]

Great video interesting to see European style machinery in America gonna enjoy your videos

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you! The Arcusins are definitely becoming more popular in the states

[@zacnelson0051]

Heck yeah! I get pumped when I see you post a new video!

[@FarmingInsider]

Zac, right on my man. Thank you for the support! More to come

[@snowdiann]

This is my first time for watching, your operation looks really good and your video was excellent.

[@FarmingInsider]

That is extremely nice of you to say. Thank you for watching!

[@dannycoots9503]

That was pretty cool I liked it

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you for the view!

[@davidrobins4025]

Nice operation.

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!

[@markwilliams5606]

Lot of Cattle Ranches could sure use it!

[@FarmingInsider]

I hope so!

[@istvanszoke381]

C'mon Family farm, let's do 20.000 and even 25.000 bales!

[@FarmingInsider]

Next year?

[@gavinperry7237]

There certainly are many areas of the US & Canada that could have used your moisture earlier in the season to offset the massive drought

[@FarmingInsider]

I know :( it feels wrong to even complain about it knowing there are others on the severe opposite end. At least we have hay to cut

[@flix3006]

15:19 Just adding a nut on the rotation and take a ratchet wrench, saving so much time :D

[@FarmingInsider]

That’s a genius idea

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

2:26 "...so I tell them hay..." Hahahaha

[@FarmingInsider]

Lol on theme

[@raybatt3435]

For a hand guided tractor, those windrows are pretty darn straight!

[@FarmingInsider]

I can’t wait to tell my dad that

[@eof3100]

Nice video .

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!!

[@lancecornell5371]

another great video

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you Lance!

[@dennistaras9417]

Hello from Medina

[@FarmingInsider]

hey!

[@randymonninger9913]

Awesome

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!

[@perrylc8812]

That sure beat throwing it up one bail at a time.

[@FarmingInsider]

It sure does!

[@mrbassman1972]

Hay must be a big business. I seen a few $150,000.00 Semi's, plus the $70,000.00 tractors. Gotta have over a few million dollars in equipment. Only family thing about this place is money...lol

[@FarmingInsider]

Well the hay has to pay for it all lol

[@gregh1579]

Nice operation

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks Greg!

[@seymourclarkson2336]

Holy fuck I thought we didn’t a lot of bales lol!! That shed is huge is plump full!

[@JH_HAY]

Nice drone footage!

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!!

[@Nick-B78]

Cool bits of kits but I’m still confused as to how those stacks of bales get tied together in the 32 bale slices that Justin was then loading into the barn 🤔

[@FarmingInsider]

There are only 14 put together by the bundlers that I didn’t focus on a lot but you can see in the drone videos, the machines with right hand pickups grabbing the little bales. Then we manually snug 3 of the bundles they drop close together and load in clusters of 3s but they aren’t all tied together. The grapple puts hooks in the top of each bundle

[@Kaptoj]

Makes me wonder why you use Those small bale size it’s decades ago we abandoned them here in Denmark

[@FarmingInsider]

Still very popular here

[@alejandrogonzalez5326]

man I am Mexican I can do any labor work but hay is one of the toughest jobs ever the dust is ensane. and warmest days are the most the only days they work on.

[@FarmingInsider]

Atleast we get air conditioning most days haha

[@user-jp3cw5he9u]

👍👍👍

[@charlesdefrancisco5056]

Wow…it’s awesome…I do have three questions..how many acres to harvest 13,000…how many machines…and just as extra how many gallons of fuel does it take

[@kridder6268]

Great stuff

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you!!

[@RedDeadSpearhead]

First cutting in August, right there with you in upstate NY, it certainly is painful. I am a fan of the plastic on the ground, we use pallets, and I might have to steal that idea.

[@FarmingInsider]

If the barn ground is dry and you add a little bit of straw it works pretty well. If it doesn’t stay dry, you can’t beat pallets but they are a lot more work throughout the day

[@Richie00able]

Farming simulator got me here. Two weeks experience if you need an employee ☺️

[@FarmingInsider]

Haha I’ll let you know

[@workday510]

Red means Power! Massey Ferguson! ;)

[@FarmingInsider]

You are so right!

[@truckerjames7292]

Do you guys grow much straight alfalfa? Would you be willing to show us some of the challenges of making it right. GREAT video!

[@FarmingInsider]

We do! We hope to make some nice, straight stuff next week. I will try to highlight the challenges

[@cliffterrell4876]

Challenges? Alfalfa is far easier to bale and have more solid bales over any grass hay. Alfalfa is all we grow in the southwest United States. Sometimes may grow alfalfa grass mix but not often.

[@ariussarius7928]

Arcusin, made in Spain.💪🇪🇦

[@FarmingInsider]

Great machines

[@68erbio]

Fantastic job!

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you very much!

[@Construction.Cambodia]

Great work, tractor farming in field

[@davidwilson7021]

We are getting close to third cutting in Washington state

[@trolllollolloljonson2030]

The farm I work on we place skids under our bales and it gets old fast having to get out and move kids every time you add another row or take away another row of bails

[@FarmingInsider]

that's a good way to do it

[@badshahkhan5522]

Nice good luk

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks!

[@drdoolittle5724]

1st look at your site, very nice to see a 'normal' farm as apposed to the million acre super farms out West! Hope you have time to reply, could not work out weight of primary bale then just how many bales the JCB was finally lifting?

[@FarmingInsider]

The individual bales are typically in the 40-50lb range the jcb is grabbing 42 at a time

[@toddj202]

W to

[@vickithompson1053]

Y

[@cpcattin]

You have some stubborn co-stars. They’ll watch your video and they will come around. Become stars Your dad doesn’t screw around. 13,000 bales a day, wow !

[@FarmingInsider]

They are coming around fast!

[@AyrshireGamer]

Thought we had it bad in the UK after a good dry spell we struggled in a lot of area for a good second cut as we never got rain on our fert but you guys are way behind that good luck to you all

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you! We will get through it!

[@bradjenkins932]

We just finished 3rd crop in NE. Ohio

[@FarmingInsider]

We’ve done quite a bit of third too. We don’t work in cuts this year. We work in what’s the driest field lol

[@ThinkerFarmer]

How many acres did you collect from?

[@kob8634]

The bail stacker remains a complete mystery. As does the matter of how the stacked bails get into a configuration for the grapple to lift them onto a truck remains a mystery too. For the reasonably heavy amount of talk there was very little info transferred in this video. All the bits I could figure out by watching I know, the rest remain unknown. Anyway, it's a good human interest video (sort of) but it would have been a lot better if it actually informed me of something I don't know.

[@roberthenderson4466]

ALL WORKERS SHOULD HAVE ON GREEN SAFETY VESTS. HIGHLY VISIBLE.

[@MisterThinko]

GO GO Masseys

[@mattsav523]

What Model Kuhn hay rake are you using on this ?

[@diegoranchinc5389]

Do you bale any Bermuda grass? That is pretty much all we feed in AR

[@FarmingInsider]

No that isn’t grown around here. Mostly orchard, Timothy alfalfa clover trefoil and fescues around here

[@johnmackinnon1026]

Love your videos, love the information,...outstanding work,...again, love your videos, your choice in music, not so much,...peace.

[@FarmingInsider]

I'm trying to refine that! Thank you for the kind words John

[@iancrossley6637]

How does the JCB grab those bales without dropping them?

[@FarmingInsider]

It has a bunch of claws that grab into the bales

[@rkay.gaming]

After playing the game fs22, to see the same equipment in real life and actually working is real mesmerizing.

[@djn3kkid]

i know! But the truck driver needs to press L

[@rkay.gaming]

@@djn3kkid 😂😂😂

[@TheHardwickHomestead]

Why all small bales, why not do 3x3 or 3x4 bales? Seems like it would be easier, fewer bales to manage. I feed all big bales now.

[@FarmingInsider]

Depending on quality, small squares can sell for 2x or even more than large squares

[@darrelcdammann]

That's pretty cool, it's dry here...

[@FarmingInsider]

It's always raining here lol

[@sampartridge8663]

Hi from England, any reason you can't get the trucks to "chase" the loading telehandler around the field rather than having a tractor and chaser bringing them to the truck? I'm sure you've thought of all which ways to collect bales! If there's 2 of us available we will driver the trailer round the field to pick up bales

[@FarmingInsider]

We are trying our best to reduce compaction over the whole field. If we can keep truck and telehandler traffic to a minimum, that is a victory for us

[@DavidRodriguez-eh1mr]

Verdad que la agricultura de Estados Unidos esta a otro nivel.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

No back breaking bucking of bales here!

[@FarmingInsider]

Never again!

[@davidhead5943]

You should get you a body cam when you film !

[@FarmingInsider]

I’m really thinking about a head cam!

[@askarsary2837]

I am stepdeck truck driver, I have taken hay a lot of time. Idk how much u paying per mile to brokerage, but brokers pays very cheap 1.20-2$ per mile, not worth it for us. After ur videos, I wanna grow hay and sell, do u have videos about how much money make end of it? Thanks

[@FarmingInsider]

I don’t have much on the economics. I need to

[@davidcurry4433]

Great video, would that truck not back inside the shed, sure is a long way in & out every time..

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you! It is a drive but it’s a little nicer on the telehandler guy having plenty of room to maneuver and get square

[@jaredontiveros1277]

Need to get your self a hay squeeze buddy .

[@FarmingInsider]

grapple is really versatile for us

[@cliffterrell4876]

A bale wagon and squeeze. Make life much faster and easier.

[@petershortlidge3156]

So I have a question for y'all. You growing hey for horses and cattle I'm assuming. Do you have the ability to grow grain. wheat. Barley etc

[@FarmingInsider]

Yes sir. We grow wheat, corn, and beans as well