Hay

somofagun

Mowing down 10 acres today. I am considering making it into small hay bales. Weather isn't looking to bad but its giving a bit of rain for Saturday.
I mad hay of the same fields last year but it was no problem as the good weather just kept going.
Would you risk it?

patsy_mccabe

I think with hay, it helps to have the ground dry before you mow. Waiting an extra day after all that rain can help a lot.

2smiggy

going to risk cutting 15/20 acres later today , hoping for the best

CloughCasey1

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I think with hay, it helps to have the ground dry before you mow. Waiting an extra day after all that rain can help a lot.

Spot on Patsy. Conditioner mower will also help dry it out and the ground between the rows. Will be a struggle to save it. Very close. It will need until next week anyway.

Pod123

Ground makes a huge difference.
Had corcas land and would always be damp under neath.
Then on the up land no problem ground dry as a bone and when turned always dry underneath.
The only thing going for the corcas low land it was so open no ditches always got the breeze and sun.

Never wrestle with pigs

Cut 15 acres today, going to chance it too.

Box09

Got hay saved on Saturday and more down now, weather looks good enough

_Brian

Ground very damp and soft here, be tough making hay with that much moisture under it.
Even if it were hot it would sweat onto the back of mown grass rather than dry away.

893bet

Cut last night on the gamble that would avoid the rain which we did. Ground is wet enough and crop is heavy. Will be tight enough for Friday I’d say.

_Brian

once it’s watched it can always be wrapped up anyway

Never wrestle with pigs

893bet wrote: »

Cut last night on the gamble that would avoid the rain which we did. Ground is wet enough and crop is heavy. Will be tight enough for Friday I’d say.

Rain that was promised for Saturday here seems to have disappeared off the radar today. Hopefully it will stay gone.

somofagun

Went home from work yesterday and the grass was mowed. Got the haybob out and had her sitting ready to go this morning at 6am to turn it over. I have chickened out, its a heavy crop and will take a fair bit of sun to get it dried and i dont think 2-3 days window that we have will be enough. As said before on here the ground really needs to be dry on ours is soft at the minute. Will let it sit now till Friday/Saturday and round bale it.

Reggie.

somofagun wrote: »

Went home from work yesterday and the grass was mowed. Got the haybob out and had her sitting ready to go this morning at 6am to turn it over. I have chickened out, its a heavy crop and will take a fair bit of sun to get it dried and i dont think 2-3 days window that we have will be enough. As said before on here the ground really needs to be dry on ours is soft at the minute. Will let it sit now till Friday/Saturday and round bale it.

Was out in the fields this morning and a very heavy dew out. Seems to be no drying at night. MT giving heavy downpours on Saturday for Midlands and east. Too tight a window I think.

Donald Trump

somofagun wrote: »

Went home from work yesterday and the grass was mowed. Got the haybob out and had her sitting ready to go this morning at 6am to turn it over. I have chickened out, its a heavy crop and will take a fair bit of sun to get it dried and i dont think 2-3 days window that we have will be enough. As said before on here the ground really needs to be dry on ours is soft at the minute. Will let it sit now till Friday/Saturday and round bale it.

As a rule, you'd be wasting your time out turning hay at 6am. You'd need to give it a few hours for the day to lift up a bit. Maybe if you are just kicking it out of the swarth and there is no dew out you could somehow justify it, but I'd be inclined to wait a few hours.

Dozer1

Cut a few acres last evening. ...and then it poured rain for 10 mins. Going to be tight I'd say for hay. Never saw any point turning hay until at least midday

_Brian

Was on a job earlier and one guy has 6acres down for hay. Was cut yesterday 4pm.

It was still wet to handle at 12 when he went home to check on it. Has baler and wrapper booked for tomorrow but not sure it may be Friday when they make it as so much on.

blue.dub4sam

Met eireann have issued a heat warning for tomorrow.
27°. Get out the forks.

CloughCasey1

blue.dub4sam wrote: »

Met eireann have issued a heat warning for tomorrow.
27°. Get out the forks.

Going to see will I get mine on Saturday afternoon. Will need all to go right. Knocked yesterday evening.

Dinzee Conlee

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Going to see will I get mine on Saturday afternoon. Will need all to go right. Knocked yesterday evening.

That's less than 4 days, surely you couldn't save hay in 4 days? :eek:

johnnyw20

Cut some Monday evening and turned last night and turning at the minute. Savage drying out. Going to go cut another 8 acres later. Hopefully the weather holds till monday

bogman_bass

Cut mine lunchtime yesterday. Good drying today. It’ll be a close call

davidk1394

Would anyone know how much an acre of hay is making ? Sold standing in the field

Genghis Cant

Reggie. wrote: »

MT giving heavy downpours on Saturday for Midlands and east. Too tight a window I think.

You're probably right. 4 acres knocked and kicked out . Maybe we'll be lucky. If you don't mow it you won't make it.

893bet

Ours dried a lot today in limerick. A scorcher tomorrow.

Be grand on Friday.

2smiggy

davidk1394 wrote: »

Would anyone know how much an acre of hay is making ? Sold standing in the field

too early to tell I think, maybe 22-25 a bale off the field ?

_Brian

Good breeze with sun this morning. Will help dry stuff quickly.

somofagun

Just an update. Went home from work yesterday and the ole man had the field turned after telling me i would be mad to try an make hay of it. It is still fairly wet so much so that if i lift a bit that is under the sward you could still squeeze water out of it. Will turn it over today again and see how it is looking this evening before a call is made on whether to round bale it or keep going.

RobinBanks

would ye normally shake once a day everyday until its ready for bailing or do you shake twice a day?

jimmy G M

I wouldn't panic if ihay is not fit in the next day or two...There's a decent spell of weather again next week I believe, so if not fit leave it off til then. Have about 3 acres cut myself and am hoping for hay middle of next week. If weather goes bad I'll just wrap it as haylage...
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jimmy G M

RobinBanks wrote: »

would ye normally shake once a day everyday until its ready for bailing or do you shake twice a day?

If you are trying to get hay fit fast then absolutely turn twice in the day....

If weather is crap no amount of turning will help, you are just thrashing the stuff..

Anto_Meath

davidk1394 wrote: »

Would anyone know how much an acre of hay is making ? Sold standing in the field

I have taken meadows from 3 different farmers 9 acres field @ €100 an acre field reseeded about 6 -7 years ago, strong grass and wouldn't be suitable for hay - very green
26 acres in 4 fields at €130 an acre (good heavy meadow and nice new grass about 4 years reseeded)
15 acre field €1,600 old meadow grass but very heavy. All 3 are more or less beside each other and going to put them into the pit weekend after next. With heavy crops and the broken weather there isn't much demand for meadows up our way this year, you couldn't get a sniff at one last year.

johnnyw20

Savage hay weather here in Kilkenny. Hopefully it lasts another 3 days

uck51js9zml2yt

Anto_Meath wrote: »

I have taken meadows from 3 different farmers 9 acres field @ €100 an acre field reseeded about 6 -7 years ago, strong grass and wouldn't be suitable for hay - very green
26 acres in 4 fields at €130 an acre (good heavy meadow and nice new grass about 4 years reseeded)
15 acre field €1,600 old meadow grass but very heavy. All 3 are more or less beside each other and going to put them into the pit weekend after next. With heavy crops and the broken weather there isn't much demand for meadows up our way this year, you couldn't get a sniff at one last year.

Just a slight diversion but how much would you get per standing field pr acre for silage?

Looking above it seems less than for hay. Why the difference?

somofagun

It was turned twice yesterday, lunch time and evening. Ole man is gona turn it shortly and i will turn it again when i get home.

Reggie.

Great hay weather here atm. Looks like that rain ain't coming sat either

Say my name

Reggie. wrote: »

Great hay weather here atm. Looks like that rain ain't coming sat either

You're a fully fledged contractor alright.

How much are ya betting?

Injuryprone

Say my name wrote: »

You're a fully fledged contractor alright.

How much are ya betting?

Not everyone on here lives in the east. That bit of light rain is only clipping south Leinster afaik

alps

No Rain

grassroot1

Say my name wrote:

How much are ya betting?

This yellow belly is holding out till after Saturday anyway

Say my name

Injuryprone wrote: »

Not everyone on here lives in the east. That bit of light rain is only clipping south Leinster afaik

It's a cold front coming in across the country from the west tomorrow. It'll be in the east on Saturday.

Rainfall amounts unknown till it happens.

Edit: Cold fronts coming into warm air usually produce either misty conditions or high high level thunderstorms.

Say my name

grassroot1 wrote: »

This yellow belly is holding out till after Saturday anyway

And you'd be right.
We haven't a hope in the open space of Croke Park. :rolleyes:

lab man

hoping twill be good tomorrow as today I've 13 acres ready to bale, to the man asking about getting hay ready quick we often ray it up the day before for the day and shake it out for the night again then shake it out the day of baling and when fit ray it up again before baling

grassroot1

Say my name wrote: »

And you'd be right.
We haven't a hope in the open space of Croke Park. :rolleyes:

Drop the blades on Sunday cut the hay next week

squinn2912

Cut 8 acres yesterday and kicked it out late last night. Turned 4 times today. 3 fields 2 are light crops so acting well the other very heavy fit hay. I think we’ll get it though

Say my name

Anyone that knows how the lightningmaps website works.

This is what's currently happening where that cold front off the west of Ireland is rubbing up against this warm plume.

kk.man

grassroot1 wrote: »

Drop the blades on Sunday cut the hay next week

I'm hoping to do the same.

Water John

Cloudy in the SW tomorrow, not sure of showers.

Say my name

Water John wrote: »

Cloudy in the SW tomorrow, not sure of showers.

There's a chance of flooding tomorrow in Clare and Galway.

Check out yr.no and our own weather forum on boards.

There's a quare lot of doubting Thomas's on here. :rolleyes:
You think you'd be a bit excited about the thought of all those thunderstorms.

Also physics like I posted about a cold front into this very warm plume. Mist or bangers.

Sat24 for keeping an eye on it's progress.

CloughCasey1

Say my name wrote: »

There's a chance of flooding tomorrow in Clare and Galway.

Check out yr.no and our own weather forum on boards.

There's a quare lot of doubting Thomas's on here. :rolleyes:
You think you'd be a bit excited about the thought of all those thunderstorms.

Also physics like I posted about a cold front into this very warm plume. Mist or bangers.

Sat24 for keeping an eye on it's progress.

Seen that. Will have 3 fields fit tomorrow evening. But yr.no showing 35mm rain between 12 and 6. B0LLIX. Other 2 fields would need until Sat evening but could be Tuesday before it dries out again. YR acting the Mick the last few months so hopefully it stays off form! Some weather to save hay with heat and a warm drying wind.

Say my name

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Seen that. Will have 3 fields fit tomorrow evening. But yr.no showing 35mm rain between 12 and 6. B0LLIX. Other 2 fields would need until Sat evening but could be Tuesday before it dries out again. YR acting the Mick the last few months so hopefully it stays off form! Some weather to save hay with heat and a warm drying wind.

If you did think it was coming in the morning.
At least you're forewarned and forearmed and could wrap it.

Check out the radar and sat24 in the morning. It's only a slither of a front but if you're stuck underneath it you could be fishing it out of the Corrib.

Edit: I see on the weather forum they're going on about strong wind in Cork atm.
That's a sign of a high temperature difference between places.
Me thinks there'll be weather tomorrow that won't be agreeable to most.

CloughCasey1

Say my name wrote: »

If you did think it was coming in the morning.
At least you're forewarned and forearmed and could wrap it.

Check out the radar and sat24 in the morning. It's only a slither of a front but if you're stuck underneath it you could be fishing it out of the Corrib.

What will be will be. Going to row it up early and get the square baler greased up.