Custom hay work and healthier pasture.
Cutting, raking and baling, plus fertilizer, litter and lime, for cattle and acreage operators who need the season handled.
Hay day
Hay day off Howell Lake Road. Cut this one. Then one in the back. Then another across the way. Then down the road to cut another.
My boy was on the crew. I was raised around this work. Now he is too. He's running equipment and carrying his share.
What I'll ask when you call
To cut, rake and bale a field, we're moving at least three tractors and everything that goes with them. On a good sized field close by, that's no problem. On a small field way out of the way, the moving can cost more than the hay is worth.
So I'll ask where it is, about how many acres, what kind of yield you usually get, and whether any of your neighbors need hay cut too.
That last one matters. If three neighbors on the same road all need cutting, it works for everybody. We go field to field.
Fertilizer, litter and lime
If you haven't pulled a soil sample on your pasture lately, you're guessing at what your ground needs. Guessing gets expensive when you're paying for it by the acre.
A soil test tells you what's actually missing. Then you put out what your ground needs, not what worked on somebody else's place.
Spreading makes the most sense when there's enough to make the trip worth it. If you and your neighbors all need litter or lime, go in on it together. We can work the places back to back and everybody comes out ahead.
What's in a price
Most people see a tractor in a field and figure it's diesel and a day's work. It's also the equipment itself, the repairs, the parts that break at the worst time, and moving at least three tractors to a hay field and back.
When you get a number from us, that's what's in it. Iron, diesel and hours. Not a guess.
Scott Offerle, O-L Guy Farms
Questions people ask
What do you charge for custom hay baling?
It depends on where the field is, about how many acres, and what kind of yield you usually get. We're moving at least three tractors, so a field close by, or neighbors on the same road who need cutting too, makes it work for everybody. Tell me where it is and I'll give you a straight answer.
When do you put lime out?
Fall is a good time to get lime out and plan for spring.
My field is small. Can you still cut it?
Tell us where it is and whether your neighbors need cutting too. Grouping fields is how a small field makes sense for both of us.