The Finicky, Magical Crop of Teff Hay

[@stakman78]

Here's the lads. Legend's.

[@FarmingInsider]

hahah thanks my maN!

[@dominik8478]

Go go go ✌️ greetings from Germany :)

[@FarmingInsider]

Hello there!

[@SumaAkter-h6l]

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[@truckermike1997]

Nice to see how you seed your grass. Just found your channel and have been binge watching from North Dakota.

[@FarmingInsider]

Wow, thank you!

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@FarmingInsider]

Thank you sir!

[@chrisrussell8903]

You should have left that 🎤 in the rock pile. 😜 Great show, as usual!

[@FarmingInsider]

Hahah I should have. Thank you!

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

We tried Teff one year....... Came up in 3 stands....... got 1 cut...... Sold New Seeder and bought Sprigging equip to plant Hybrid Bermuda Grass..... Which once established last forever.........

[@FarmingInsider]

We will establish all these fields after the teff. Just a filler

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

That is what we did.....Hybrid Bermuda grass........

[@thebalerman]

This was good. I actually did the same thing on a smaller scale. I had 2 bags of Teff from 2 years ago and mixed it with 2 new bags of Teff and I notill in thin spots to fill in

[@FarmingInsider]

It’s hard to let seed go to waste lol. I’m hoping it works well

[@thebalerman]

@@FarmingInsider It'll work well. At this point I'm praying for some rain. My orchard grass is already starting to go dormant and haven't gotten a second cutting yet due to how dry its been.

[@bradfreer2132]

New to your channel and now a sub, you do a great job with content and it looks like all your hired hands are playing a awesome part as well including Karl LOL, being new to your channel it is hard to k ow who is all family envolved, iam from Petrolia, Ontario and keep up the awesome videos 👌

[@FarmingInsider]

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate the nice words

[@PatriotValleyFarm]

we plant teff as a low sugar horse hay alternative to alpha.. and it is too hot to grow alpha where we live. Teff grows like a champ in our hot and humid environment. 60 days of 100+ heat indexes and only two inches of rain since June 1st.. and we just completed our second cutting. You do have to roll the crap out of it. I think we drum rolled it six times. Only problem I have seen with it is that when young it doesn't recover well from being driven over. We had a couple of patches that died out along our tractor tire paths.

[@kennethheern4896]

I tried Teff one year. It looks like really good hay. I found out if your animals only have Teff they’ll eat it some. If they get a choice of anything else, they’ll leave the Teff. If you’re selling it and not feeding it, it’s probably ok. Good luck with it.

[@FarmingInsider]

It all depends on the maturity. If it gets a little old the animals back off. If it’s young then watch out, they can’t get enough

[@KarensCookieJarCollection]

not sure if you've done this b4 but a sit down interview with dad to explain all the different types of hay, grass, straw you plant / harvest and what is the best and why each are important. Also why 1st harvest is more important than 2nd or 3rd. PLZ from a displaced Hoosier!

[@FarmingInsider]

That’s a great idea!

[@stevewinkler6721]

Great video. How did the Teff crop turn out? Thanks in advance.

[@kevinrichardson3248]

What are you going to use for a floor in your new hay shed?

[@bladewiper]

Interesting. Considering this is a bit of a speciality crop, is there a premium added to the price compared to your normal hay. Liked the bear, kind of a fat version of Bones.

[@FarmingInsider]

Yes, we can only charge what the market will tolerate but we hope to have a slight premium on it. It’s a tremendous amount of additional labor compared to conventional hay

[@joshhubbard406]

Mic check! Hello mic check!

[@FarmingInsider]

Haha testing, testing

[@hayherb]

If it doesn’t work out i have approx 700 ton in a 3 string bale available.

[@gallack89]

How close are you to grafton

[@FarmingInsider]

A couple acres of the home farm is in Grafton

[@edelm6062]

Is teff a multi year crop? How many years will you harvest the hay before you go to alfalfa? Thanks.

[@FarmingInsider]

It is only a single season crop. It dies quickly at the first frost. We will try to get a cutting or 2 off of this and then seed a Timothy/orchard/alfalfa mix into the field this fall