The Wettest Bales We've Ever Made - 1st Time Making Baleage

We load bales with the JCB Teleskid 3TS-8T and put the KUHN Optiwrap OWR 6000 back to work to try our hand at making some real baleage! We finished wrapping around 3:30 AM and wrapped 168 bales total!
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How Farms Work by Ryan Kuster is a KZbin channel based in rural Potosi, Wisconsin. Our mission is to teach those who didn't grow up on a farm what the farming life is like. These videos show the Kuster family working together raising cattle and crops. We believe everyone who wants to know more about farming should be able to share the farming experience with us and we look to educate the world on many essential agriculture topics.
How Farms Work takes place on ~1,100 acres with around 75-200 cattle at any given time. Four John Deere tractors are currently used on the farm, which are a 4020, 4640, 7600, and 8235R.

[@K_3_R_R]

I enjoy all your videos. A lot of people think all a farmer does is drive a tractor and boom, magically food appears from no where, yes I know I'm being silly, but seriously, a lot of people do not know how many hats a farmer wears every day. There is so much you all need to know, from plants, seeds, automotive, carpentry, animals, and the list goes on and on. I am very thankful for all the farmers who put food on our tables. You all are over worked and under appreciated. Thank you for all you do. God Bless.

[@everettlewis1782]

My wife and I have been watching your videos for awhile now and we really like what you’re doing. Keep up the good work. Congratulations on your wedding we wish y’all many many years together.

[@keneckel2269]

Thank you for the video! My doggone heart just won't allow this 77 year old man to get out and do many things ... but you do! Keep up the excellent work

[@rusnsc7622]

Good one Ryan, the wrapper is pretty cool…a long day for y’all. Be well

[@kevins5092]

That’s one slick wrapper, beats one at a time

[@RobertRoche]

Cool to see silage in 'tube' form rather than in a pit or individual bales, it's almost in between the two! Congratulations on the wedding, can we have another house update soon?

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Good to see team family Farmers work together don't see that much anymore keep up the good work

[@neilkloppenborg8399]

I live not too far from you in Milwaukee, I always love watching your videos. It’s like getting out of the city for awhile. Take care and keep posting!

[@ryanwaege7251]

Don't let anyone insult your lil' tele-tank, Ryan! Glad you got all the bales tucked into bed, the wrapper is a great tool.

[@CowboyDave07]

Wrapping coarse or stemmy hay is the way to go. Years ago, we ended up being a month behind because of rain every other day. By the time we got into the field, alfalfa had stems as thick as pencils and orchard grass was as tall as the rear tractor tires. Nasty, rank stuff. The haylage effect made it soft and palatable, cows went crazy over it. Just remember to make them a little smaller in diameter. 62" bales weighed around a ton! Had to back it off to 50" so we could handle them.

[@kenthorsen4558]

When I was working on a farm years ago they made the wet bales, and when we fed them out in the winter months the cows would chase after the center. That was the warmest part of the bale and the best smells ever !

[@keithwest2575]

As always a very informative video. No doubt that you guys put in a FULL day baling and wrapping the hay. Shows that farming is a FULL time job and something that you and your family do quite well. Thanks for sharing. Take care and stay safe.

[@crazyhass84]

Ya but with all cab machines with ac. Hardly a hard job. I use to bale small squares with no cabs 16hrs a day for 3 months straight in 100 deg.

[@rleon49]

Hi Ryan I have been a scriber for quite wile thank you for your content, congratulations on your wedding. Keep on posting your journey.

[@kcphillips1000]

Have never seen this type of wrapping and storage before. What a good idea ,it must cut down the amount of wrapping used and appears to be continuous action and silage wrap is not cheap !

[@jeffslaven]

That Kuhn bail wrapper just amazes me every time that I see it. What a world we live in with today's technology!

[@ianhaggart1438]

You know when its getting to wet to bale when the water is dripping off of the baler 😆. Nice seeing you trying something that's an everyday thing over this neck of the woods. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@calebgalbreath0198]

It is very interesting seeing the bales get wrapped because we don't do that very often down here in South Georgia.

[@chadrotvold2058]

I watch your TV show everyday I'm a big fan.

[@Kronkus36Outdoors]

Your channel was the first channel i subscribed to, and i'll always be a subscriber. Brings back memories of making hay on my dads farm when i was a teeneger, used to bail square bails all day long. Keep up the good work !

[@IOWNA11]

Thanks for signing that card when I bought the merch! Will definitely never lose it. been watching your channel for years and don't plan to stop anytime soon.

[@countryboy3201]

Nice job guys that was a long day! Love the new wrapper.

[@larrynicholsiii8562]

Video was awsome its intresting to see baledge made ive onley been around putting hay up a silo

[@daleley7645]

Your truck handled that load up Broullaird like a champ! Impressive you guys were able to get that much hay up and wrapped that fast.

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada great videos thanks for sharing with all of us

[@evanjones7189]

We love baleage. We aim to bale everything 45-65 percent moisture. 15 years doing it this way. 13-15 layers of wrap you’ll have hay keep for 2 years.

[@23431]

I love that light kit you installed

[@memyselfandifarmer]

19:44 is perfect. Dogs go in the truck. They are the best.

[@pantheroregon3970]

Hey Ryan love to see the content. Been watching for a couple years now and also being from Wisconsin I also feel some of what you guys go through. But anyways Absolutely love the channel. Keep up the great work.

[@billnj4923]

Another great video just shows how hard and long farmers work.

[@neilporter3286]

Another interesting and informative video! You look and sound so happy and relaxed Ryan, marriage clearly suits you. Keep the content coming & love to Hannah ❤️

[@josephklingshirn7818]

Good to see family helping family.

[@fieldfarms9335]

Awesome video Ryan glad the balege is working out for you guys 👍

[@southwestwifarm3516]

I remember our first time wet wrapping bales, I was a nervous wreck hoping there wouldn’t be issues with excess heating, Ended up turning out perfect and cows loved it. Good video!

[@mcd5082]

Great video and congratulations on your marriage!

[@galegregory97comcast]

Yes sir putting that Farmtruck through the paces blowing the sit out of it that's probably the hardest it's worked in a year good video appreciate you

[@calebgalbreath0198]

Beautiful rows of windrowed hay 🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@Husker3435]

G’job Ryan and Co. talking about bales combusting, saw them ignite on a trailer going down the highway. Not a good situation. Y’all keep crushin it 💪🏻🇺🇸💪🏻

[@mainefarmer1363]

You will love the balage for feed

[@nickolasburger3769]

Awesome content keep it up, folks. Always interesting to see different practices done on different farms threw out Wisconsin.

[@michaelalan1546]

Hey, that was a wonderful opportunity to see how y’all work together to accomplish your goals, loved it!

[@michaelmuckian8820]

Get a moisture sensor for the bailer. Very standard in Ireland

[@stevenstodd2812]

Can't wait to see what the baylage looks like when you feed it out this winter hope the cattle love it

[@tapertrain1614]

Having multiple skid steers is very important to running silage bale to get it done right.

[@kcjones4211]

Your cows will love the haylige this winter. Congratulations on your wedding

[@ontariocashcropfarmer4955]

Another awesome video Ryan 👍 I have been watching you from the very beginning then Travis enjoy watching your dad Travis and yourself getting it done 👍👌🤠

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Will be interesting to see this again when you feed it to the cows and their reaction to it. Hopefully it’s a good option for you to improve your operation. Wishing you and your family the best.

[@chrishuston1451]

Close and what you do is great

[@jasonpitcher7158]

I absolutely love all the videos. Top notch work.

[@moonlightmedia5755]

Nice to see you back. We love watching all your video's. We watched the promotion ceremony and commented a few times. Amazing that you guys allowed us all to be a part of such a precious moment and we loved being able to share in that joy with you guys. You made all of us followers feel like we were a part of your family by allowing us to share in your special moment. So happy for you guys and can't wait to see more videos to come with you guys. Really cool baleage video we don't see a lot of net wrapping or silage wrapping here in WV definitely don't see any jcbs with light bars up here definitely cool look and again thanks again for allowing us go watch the promotion ceremony see ya next video God bless you both, our bell notification is always on and watching for your next video

[@rockfamhb]

Been watching your channel for a long time and they all are very professional. Their content is very eye-opening. I'm hoping one day you will give us a video on your definition of a farmer today thanks for your great videos

[@paulhudson8321]

As they say in the movie industry, that’s a wrap. You can’t beat a skid steer for moving bales. I love my new holland L150. That JCB is nice with extendable boom. Cheers👍🇨🇦

[@SuperScooby70]

Looks like the spears finally slicked up on the custom built setup. Much smoother piercing and back out in the bales

[@samkoeller9417]

These videos are awesome 😎 and it makes me want bale more hay but we have to wait until my family friend is home from vacation. And who does not love to bounce around in a skid steer driving in the hay field.

[@sauergrainfarms]

Wow really happy to see the new video love to see the hard work!

[@danielmartone3179]

The video very informative. The details you pointed out was supreme

[@autocat9371]

i make my end caps from last year bales plastic that i cut off. I turn a bale on its end and tie on the plastic and then roll it back and send it through the wrapper

[@jeremerandles7373]

Hey Ryan. Thanks for all of the great content! Keep it up!

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video video Ryan and Travis , Hannah, and your dad , those are very wet bales . Our bales are same

[@allis.addicts]

Thanks for the great content. Love watching your bale videos.

[@nsgkuaov]

We have moved to a baler wrapper to eliminate the heating between baling and wrapping has markedly improved the quality of our feed

[@jeremyvee2729]

I find it interesting that you so many more bales per acre !!!

[@outcastgaming1237]

Love the videos as always.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, thanks for sharing

[@RufGaming55]

Love the video always nice to see a different way of making silage! 👍

[@WisconsinFarmer]

Great video! Very interesting to see how you wrap wet bales, I have never felt with that before

[@travispopelka1005]

Always enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@Ghis1964s]

I'm glad you could pull it out this time. I was watching the other day as you said you were trying to not make it so dry etc. I was to comment but decided not to, I did not want you lose faith lol. The truth is that it has been very hard to make silage this year here as well (southern quebec). The timely season was too rainy to do any hay and by the time the fields were solid everything was too mature already. The guys were laying grass/hay down in the morning and had to put it in bags/silos before dusk. A few lucky ones decided to lay theirs late in after-noon and silage everything during the evening/night.

[@andrewbusshardt4533]

Hey Ryan videos are better and better everytime. Watched some old videos from years ago those are classics!! Hay looks great!!! Thanks again Ryan for all u do and have a great one!!!

[@BearMeat4Dinner]

Great video as usual !!!

[@briankerr3518]

Great video!!!

[@dylanmay6927]

Great video 👍 congratulations to you and Hannah

[@fazerainbow5674]

awsome video ryan cool to see silage in tube form rather than in pit or individual bales its almost in between the two thumbs up and shared

[@droopydiesel7928]

I've been watching your videos since September of 2018 keep up the good work

[@Tyler-10]

Great video as always Ryan !!

[@garymarcum4665]

Another great video! Hello from Oklahoma!

[@kevinweber7419]

love the videos keep the content coming

[@craigmiller5372]

Interesting video. Didn’t realize you could wrap them so hot like that.

[@rexfenris4856]

For every video on your channel, Thumbs Up before I even watch ... never disappointed. Love from the north!

[@craignash4736]

Very entertaining and informative…thanks. Craig. From Pa.

[@mattgrega6884]

Love the videos, drone footage is great!

[@rich99cobra]

congrats on the marriage! We wish you both the best!

[@cdarting91]

Our power plant has had multiple fires from spontaneous combustion due to the fermentation/rotting at the bottom of the wood chip piles. They all steam during cold mornings.

[@amosallgyer2614]

Wow... a lot of good bales!!!

[@CarterOlson6325]

Great job Ryan another amazing video

[@mr.mat1144]

Love the video cool to see the balage being made!

[@gregcatlett1458]

25% + - does very well here for moisture level. Smaller bales sale weight or more than dry😂😂. 12 hours 168 bales to rapp😳😳 that includes haul time to ?? Thanks Ryan !!!

[@jamesjohnson5640]

Will really be interesting to see how that baleage feeds out. Great video.

[@gabemiller7489]

Awesome video Ryan!

[@ihman3992]

Great video Ryan keep up the good work!!

[@mennoreuten1563]

Good editing and the more moisture the more quality for sure

[@pennyhaldeman5626]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@jeffhoard4777]

Great video Ryan, been a fan for a long time always catch your videos sometimes more than once. Takes me back to the good days on the farm, and how yous are always up to trying different things

[@manureface64]

That bale wrapper is hypnotic -- "I will watch How Farms Work; I will like, comment and subscribe; I will buy merchandise."

[@rossnolan2883]

Fantastic job 👍👍👍👍

[@briancrossno]

Awesome video as always. Congratulations on your wedding hope you both have a wonderful long life together. Love watching videos on hay and just what each farmer puts in to there hay. Please keep them video's coming and stay safe my friends 👍🌞😎

[@cfinlayson13]

Excited to see if the wrapper is worth the time and money.

[@lcdc59]

Interesting project, good luck with keeping the temps under control!

[@markfeiling4024]

Great video. When you go to feed those bales out in the winter what works best for us is cutting the plastic before you lift the bale. Keeps everything else tight and sealed.

[@tonygough8713]

Good looking hay. Thanks for your good videos.

[@ooosnapitstimmmayyy3349]

Very imformative video!