Stacking hay on wood posts pays huge dividends!

[@513TigrinnaLilja]

For the past year I've been watching your channel with my niece nd nephew who are 3 years old and 1.5years old. They LOVE cows, probably almost as much as I do. Every morning they come to me to be babysat and they get so excited to see cows on your channel. When they are missing their mommy after she leaves for work, I ask them if they want to go watch cows and they get so excited. So all three of us sit down and put on Greg Judy and his cows and they are happy as can be. Thank you for bringing us into your world and teaching your methods of regenerative ranching. Such an inspiration! Much love from NY and God bless. ❤️

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

That's awesome, thanks for sharing. Who knows those little tikes may grow up to be ranchers!!

[@stevensaxon8888]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher here in elberton ga we use granite sprawls & old big truck tires under our hay bales.

[@513TigrinnaLilja]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancherThat is what I pray for. I have 4 homeschooled kids of my own and it's my plan to keep building our homestead/ranch. We already have chickens, turkeys and ducks. This year we will be putting in some fencing (yes the same fence your use 😀) and buy some cows. I have a lot of kids that want to learn how to farm, they have caught the bug so to speak 😂.

[@forrestmagee5397]

Love watching Greg. My wife and I never miss a video. Enjoy applying your methods to our herd

[@MLDuffy]

i love how i will click on one of your videos expecting to learn one thing related to the title, then greg drops knowledge 7, 8, 9, 10 times... passion and mastery when combined just oozes benefit to everyone else. TFP!

[@ilovemyplug8454]

not sure how this hit my recommended feed but im glad it did. many blessings brother

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Glad to have you!

[@andylyon3867]

Great stuff! Love the practical and neighborly advise! Tractor sure warm on a cold day. I love putting my gloved hands right on the muffler you know.

[@ewiase]

Another great education, thanks Greg. I've now started reading your second book. I finished reading the first one yesterday.

[@johnr2836]

I had some logs that were torched to create a layer carbonized wood - the Japanese process of Shou sugi ban and the logs lasted for 20 years and still solid

[@COMB0RICO]

Nice video! Very therapeutic. Thanks from Texas.

[@7476harleyd]

Keeping those bales up off the ground is amazing as well as practical!

[@hedgehoghovel424]

My feet are super susceptible to cold. I have found that two layers of wool socks with hand warmers in between on top of the toes can keep you comfy all day. Just found your channel tonight- I really admire your approach to ranching. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Welcome to our channel!

[@BrookhillAngus]

Hi Greg, great video. What you pointed out about the bottom of the bale rotting is a HUGE pet peeve of mine! For the hay that I bale myself I wrap 4 times, which people have said is too much, and I put the hay on pallets. When it comes time to use the hay, it's nearly perfect 8 months later. A local producer who I sometimes buy hay from, and who puts up quality hay, drops the ball when storing it, he just puts it on the ground, and it becomes a giant wick for water. Recently, I bought some hay from him and was told it was "good hay", but when I took off the wrap, which was 1 1/2 or 2 times wrapped, and tried to load it into my Hustler TX205 bale processor, the hay just fell apart and the rot was causing a lot of problems. VERY FRUSTRATING!!! Your idea is even better than the pallets, just wish I could find the logs around here. Thanks for the video.

[@alvisshef]

Thank you. Be safe.

[@tsousley18]

Mr. Judy, would you consider doing some book keeping videos or some other financials and numbers of running a ranch. I know a lot of people in my generation (millennials) and the younger (gen z) generation are becoming interested in investing, personal finance, entrepreneurship, savings, etc. I think we could learn a lot from successful operations about how to stay in business, expand, market, managing input costs, inheritance, bookkeeping, client relationships , maintenance and all those best practices in running a profitable ranch and farm. Thank you.

[@raincoast9010]

Build a pallet with the mill slabs and use the tractor to stack and move them when you are done with them.

[@carlosbarrera8847]

Looks great.

[@michiganhay7844]

here in Michigan we lose a ton of hay unless we tarp it I’ve tried stacking them iend to end and I get horrible results thanks for showing us that tip that’s a pretty fancy tractor you got for a grazer

[@willieclark2256]

God bless Mr Paul!

[@boltactionshooter]

If you feed much hay you do not have your priorities right if you do not have space to store them inside. Very easy to figure how bales stored inside pay for the cost of the storage by preventing waste and vastly improving the quality of the hay.

[@zekeshow3769]

Mr. Judy, great educational video. Does the bale netting provide adequate protection from the rain? Do you experience any ruined bales from the weather?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

We store our bales up on 8” diameter oak posts. They do not rot if they are not touching the soil.

[@TB-ew8wh]

Been using pallets for years, BUT I get them at no cost.

[@lindagates9150]

I remember my Mum and her best friend would wear kitchen gloves under their snowmobile gloves to keep their hands warm when they went out snowmobiling. I wonder if that would help you out. A few days ago I was out playing in the snow with my shovel and salt scoop and I noticed a big difference between my leather gloves and the hot paw gloves that I usually wear and the hand knitted trigger fingered wool mittens that I wore that morning my hands felt warm 🤷🏼‍♀️👍👍👍👍👍🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🎇🎆🌠

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Wouldn't hurt to try it!!

[@keystonefarm2661]

Greg, put cheyenne pepper in your boots when it is cold. Your feet will be hot if you are moving. If you are just sitting still not so good, but when you are moving your feet cheyenne will keep them warm and is cheaper too!

[@loganyoutube4818]

I would be interested in a kit for the bale unroller that I do all the welding and assembly

[@swamp-yankee]

I agree. I asked to buy plans once and he never responded. I need one of them, and I don't much care for paying for assembly, painting, and shipping.

[@smithswelding8387]

I also considered asking Greg for plans to build my own before I put much thought into it. I have a welding company and probably have enough scrap steel to build a pile of them. I didn’t end up asking him though. I ended up purchasing an unroller from him. We need to realize he put in the money, time and effort to design the thing, have it built and work out the kinks. I believe that is worth something and he deserves to be able to make some money on them. Greg shares plenty of knowledge about grazing for free and I’ll take as much of that as I can get.

[@davidsawyer1599]

Smith's Welding.You Sir are in my eyes a Gentleman. Mr.Judy sorted everything out. A Mans time is worth money. Time is the only thing we can not get back. A lot of folks want to save money in the wrong areas. My hat so to say is off to you Sir. Have a great day.

[@jeaniepartridge6701]

We are cold in Missouri for a February.

[@sparkplug6918]

What about old electric poles

[@taylavlogsthetas4784]

I'm loosing all my hay storage this year but I burn all my mulberry to heat my house. My idea is to cut rectangles of silage plastic that are only the size of the foot print of the bale, thoughts?

[@missouritraveler6401]

Mr. Judy one thing I notice and agree with you on is You do not butt your bales up end to end. Doing that is one of the most wasteful ways to ruin Your hay. It not only costs You money but robs Your cattle of good nutrition at a time when they need it most. Setting Your bales on posts is an excellent idea!

[@icryostorm3727]

what makes you say that it ruins the hay = and do you mean for longer term storage flat face tight against flat face or just when feeding out in a bale pod? cheers.

[@missouritraveler6401]

@@icryostorm3727 Rain and snow melt gets between bales stacked end to end no matter how tight they are pushed together. Also I believe the moisture of new baled hay needs to vent out of the bale ends, You can tell after a few months of storage the dark colored ends and the rotten grass that has developed.

[@kirksawler1199]

Nice

[@strartur]

Did anybody else see that mold at 2:33 when he says that there's no rot?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

I will compare the bottom of any of my bales to one that has sit on the ground for 4-5 months for wasted rotted hay. Nothing is 100%, bales stored in a barn on the ground will have mold on the bottom as well. It’s amazing to me that 99% of all bales stored outside are stacked on the ground. Never again for me, hay is worth too much money to have 1/3rd of it rotted by the time you feed it that winter.

[@triciahill216]

What length do you cut your post? What is the ideal diameter of your oak posts? Thank you in advance.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

5 foot long

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

6 to 8 inch diameter

[@karynbrinker1314]

Where did you get your bale unroller?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

We build them and sell them on our website.

[@lorineidtinytoadplot744]

Prince George, BC Weather Updated on Tue., Feb. 9, 1:25 p.m. -23°C FEELS LIKE -33. It was -31 this morning and yesterday was -33 in the morning

[@NextLevelFarmerDotCom]

What about using high flotation tires on your tractor to reduce mudding up fields.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

No tractors on fields ever if it is muddy. It is a huge amount of weight even with flotation tires.

[@margmurray1945]

Greg, if pattern for bale unroller did not come from John Deere or someone who already has a copyright on it, might work for you to get one ! Enjoy watching your videos and all the swishing tails....

[@kevinmccormack6610]

If you have old timber pallets they work well too

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Yes they work fine as well. Have used them with good results. Just wish they lasted longer than a couple years. Missouri weather rots them pretty quickly.

[@kevinmccormack6610]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Agreed, mostly made of soft wood won't last very long. Oak logs is a good idea. Keep up the good work, you have been a great inspiration for me building healthy soils here in the very wet west of Ireland.

[@garrettbeams7752]

Put one bale on end with one on top called mushroom stacking. No rot and no need to put anything under them

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You most definitely do not want to stack bales like that in central Missouri. The bottom bale is completely ruined by the time you feed it. Out west they stack them that way by the 1000's with great success. They don't get the rain out west like we do in Missouri.

[@garrettbeams7752]

All you need is proper run off from precipitation

[@greggergen9104]

How about making a bale strip similar to your rock pond entrance? They would have 100 percent drainage and they would never wear out.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Greg that would work good. I have a friend that did exactly that. He has been using the same pad for 20 years. However the bales are on rock which certainly helps, but 6" diameter wooden posts are superior. Reason is there is an air gap under the bale, no pooling of water, ever. But a rock pad is certainly better than stacking them on bare ground.

[@horselakeranch]

I stack them like mushrooms. Thats the best way for me. I feed 2000 bales a year so space is limited

[@raincoast9010]

Greg says "I have to move those posts" Greg means "Ben and Isak have to move those posts" ha ha ha

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

When we all team up to stack them, it makes stacking them a snap.

[@raincoast9010]

@@gregjudyregenerativerancher Nice !

[@andrew-rp7uy]

Do you worm the dogs ? Or worry about ticks.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Yes we do.

[@barryrohrmeier2399]

Living life rutt free... The No Compression Zone

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Greg will you show us where the cows are going to be when it gets below zero, because I am worried about them. ❤️ 🐄

[@andreafalconiero9089]

They'll be in the pasture, where they always are and have been their whole lives. Greg Judy doesn't keep livestock in barns, but these animals can easily withstand temperatures of only -1F. They'll probably go down into the trees if it gets really cold and windy.

[@roberthubbs245]

Do you have alot of moldy hay from leaving them outside?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Nope. Keeping net wrapped bales from touching the ground is key in preventing moldy hay.

[@bassmanjr100]

What size tractor do you have there?

[@chaddewitt2836]

I believe thats a 5075E

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You nailed it, that is correct.

[@canalroadadventures5079]

Crisscross several layers of your sawmill slabs.

[@strartur]

People actually grow mushrooms/fungi cultures on oak logs...

[@bigwhane8603]

Railroad ties would be worth the money since it lasts forever

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

They would last a long time, but my back would be shot packing those dudes around!!!!

[@davidsawyer1599]

Can't sit idle can ya'? I'm the same.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

I'm guilty David. Love working on the farm.

[@johnmirbach2338]

😁👍👌✌🖖 😎

[@pappyjohn9911]

👍⭐👍⭐👍

[@jimmymasters7188]

You need to get a team of horses on that Bale unroller. Zero Compaction, quiet and they eat fuel produced on your farm.