I have a hunch that when he recovers and returns to the farm, he’ll be hefting 50 lb BALES, as I once did, down on the dairy farm. GOT TO take care of those cows. You take care of them; they’ll take care of you. It’s different now. Most hay goes into haylage, and isn’t baled anymore.
Hay bales were it for us too.
We baled a lot of clover hay in rotation with corn and tobacco.
We did keep one field of grass for horse hay.
Those clover bales were HEAVY and tight packed.
Smaller farm families, less labor available, led to the round bales then to haylage.
Its all about the labor costs.
We raised beef cattle but the principal was the same.
The cattle got fed before we did.
Of course i would spell it wrong.
I’m a city slicker :)