hay cut

wiggy123

Cut hay yesterday a light crop! will I get it I wonder-rain due it seems.. am up northeast direction

sea12

wiggy123 wrote: »

Cut hay yesterday a light crop! will I get it I wonder-rain due it seems.. am up northeast direction

Is this a troll. It's being 3 solid weeks of no rain and you wait until now to cut?

emaherx

wiggy123 wrote: »

Cut hay yesterday a light crop! will I get it I wonder-rain due it seems.. am up northeast direction

There is 0.3mm of rain forecast! Think you will be OK

Doctors room ghost

sea12 wrote: »

Is this a troll. It's being 3 solid weeks of rain and you wait until now to cut?

3 solid weeks of no rain you mean

Dakota Dan

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

3 solid weeks of no rain you mean

Don't you just love when a smart arse gets caught out on his own stupidity.

kk.man

Don't know why he held off till yesterday..the crop hasn't got any better in the last few weeks

Neddyusa

sea12 wrote: »

Is this a troll. It's being 3 solid weeks of no rain and you wait until now to cut?

kk.man wrote: »

Don't know why he held off till yesterday..the crop hasn't got any better in the last few weeks

Lads, unless ye are his next door neighbours there is no need to show off your wisdom from afar.

Maybe he is in a part of the country that has gotten some rain in the last month and (likely) he is talking about a field in heavy ground that was closed up late and was waiting for it to bulk up.

Just because his situation would sound crazy on your farm doesn't mean it doesn't make sense on his.

And by the way OP, what little rain does come wont be long drying off the swath if its shaken out well on Thursday.

fepper

Light rain on freshly cut hay speeds up the saving process but obviously sun is king after that

_Brian

I was watching a field of hay locally, maybe 2 acres, not touched in three days.

I know sfa about hay but surely it should have been turned/baled by this.

whelan2

It's hard to know though some lads are working off farm and don't have time for turning/cutting when others would be at it.

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

It's hard to know though some lads are working off farm and don't have time for turning/cutting when others would be at it.

That’s us, so we get a contractor to bale and wrap.

Dakota Dan

I've hay to cut but the tractor lift is stuck solid since the weekend, I was baling silage before that. So I've nothing to turn the hay with. The same bloody tractor spent the whole winter out of action because the engine had to be reconditioned. The cab will have to be removed to take off the lift cover.

blue5000

_Brian wrote: »

That’s us, so we get a contractor to bale and wrap.

+1
wrapped it yesterday. Plan is to leave it in the corner of the field, beside a crop of (knee high) spring barley. Redstart and turnips will go in after the barley. Hopefully something will be fed there this winter. Lads I hope the winter is better than the last one.

wiggy123

baled the other night-grand stuff... cheers for the opinions folks-very worthwhile.. some folk do work off farm like..