Do you have a budget for this? Can you do some mechanic stuff or prefer to hire it out? Are you retired or have lots of time available?
Haying on the cheap still means a used sickle mower, a side delivery rake , a baler, something to haul the bales, and some leather gloves.
IME machinery always breaks down on the holiday/long weekend I had earmarked for a project-just saying!
If it's good hay, around here custom operators will mow, rake & bale for half the crop.
