Hay 2022

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Hay 2021.

Young95

Any hay weather in sight for 2022 ?

kk.man

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119189317#Comment_119189317

I'd be hopefully 🤞 from tomorrow 5 days of dry weather.

Mitchells33

Thinking of cutting of cutting some tomorrow, I will have a look at the weather in the morning and see!!

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119189840#Comment_119189840

no hay weather on the way unfortunately.

StevenToast

Is next weekend promising?

Although its met eireann....

mr.stonewall

I have the mower ready for tomorrow. Looking like a reasonable window to grab it. Weather here is just tricky. One day of rain on it won't matter too much. Leave it alone and it will come back to life quickly.

What is has me on edge is looking at the rainfall charts of the past 12 months, we are really behind the average of where we should be. These things generally then to average themselves out. This could be only reasonable chance as we are due a shite summer at some stage

Reggie.

Rivers are very low around here

Western Pomise

Must be a different forecast in some parts of Country cos looking at it for NW anyway for the next week it won’t really be good Silage weather,never mind hay🙂……giving tomorrow with occasional showers,Monday will be dry enough….but a washout then up to and including next weekend.

Lime Tree Farm

Watch the BBC Countryfile weather forecast this evening, shown towards the end of the program. Keep an eye on the Irish map for rain as they forecast for the week ahead.

StevenToast

Met eireann have changed their tune again....its now "uncertain"

tanko

It’s a struggle to get silage made let alone hay.

StevenToast

Im thinking of pulling the trigger this week....

Thoughts?

Reggie.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119194635#Comment_119194635

Weather not settled at all imo

mr.stonewall

Trigger pulled here. Cut and tedded out yesterday. Good bit down. Won't be classic hay weather but the rainfall predictions are for very little until next week. Worth a chance

Bleating Lamb

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119194831#Comment_119194831

Best of luck with it......what part of country are you in?

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119194831#Comment_119194831

Tempted also. Have an old pasture, not grazed since end of last year (and still a heavy crop now) I would like hay from. It’s worthless as silage almost. Might cut Friday morning for hay when the weekend forecast gets a bit clearer.

Easten

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119195163#Comment_119195163

The major Weather updates for Europe and the UK and Ireland happen on Wednesday evening, the first is usually on bbc news around 11 so you should have a good picture by then.

mr.stonewall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119195099#Comment_119195099

Tipp

mr.stonewall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119195163#Comment_119195163

Most of it is old pasture not grazed since the back end. Have more than enough silage. Will still pick up a few wraps when the growth takes off again. Prefer to have this stuff for silage and the old meadows for hay. Handy for keeping the Suckler cows in fit condition. Was going to take some paddocks for wraps but pulled back due to growth have slowed

All the differnt weather models have been consistent on low rainfall. This hay could be down for 10 days.

farmer2018

I am thinking of chancing cutting hay here in Limerick this evening, no rain promised for the week its grazing ground gone too strong.

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119196918#Comment_119196918

Window looks good. Go for it. I am planning to cut tomorrow for hay.

Danzy

What about a meadow that got lime in. April.

I know it rules out silage but does it affect hay.

If it does it'll be knocked and let them pick it up.

It would be nice hay.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119197963#Comment_119197963

Save away. Hay or Silage won’t matter.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119197975#Comment_119197975

Good stuff. Tks

Base price

Mowed 14 acres earlier this afternoon for hay in my place in Longford and just home in NCD to mow 7 tomorrow. With the expected weather forecast I have more hope for rearing the 7 acres in NCD than I have rearing the 12 acres in Longford.

White Clover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119199024#Comment_119199024

I hope you get it in both places @Base price . Did you bring the tractor and mower from Longford to Dublin?

emaherx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119199024#Comment_119199024

Looks that way, you lost 2 acres in Longford already 🤣

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119200443#Comment_119200443

No, have the use of a tractor and mower in NCD.

50HX

Knocked 8 acres here, grazed in end if April and got 2k slurry..Nice clean stuff

893bet

Saturday going to ****? Will **** up my hay as it will be hard saved before then

StevenToast

I didnt pull the trigger this week due to saturday and sunday looking grim...

dzer2

Cut here on Saturday starting to look good this evening

Reggie.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119203030#Comment_119203030

Could even be rain here by Friday

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This discussion was created from comments split from: Hay 2021.

Mitchells33

Mowed here monday morning, tended out twice yesterday, it came on a load, hoping to get it baked Thursday evening or Friday.

2smiggy

people only finishing up silage here in Cork after rain last week, never mind hay. Cloudy weather and not even 20C ??

Unless ye are expecting something like 2 bales to the acre

Tileman

Lovely day here. A few neighbours cut Sunday and Monday and should get it no prob it it’s like this Tomo and Friday.

unfortunateky mine is in Glas so I may wait a few weeks

mr.stonewall

Today was a fantastic day for saving it. Even over over the past few days it has been saving grand.

Most of the hay cut Sunday wil be fit Friday if the weather is like today. One small bit of ground with newish grass will just take time.

Dunedin

Cut a small bit here yesterday. Shook out today and 🤞🤞 from here. Not the end of the world if I end up wrapping as haylege either.

farawaygrass

How are ye finding the weather forecast, In particularly met Éireann? It seems very unpredictable for the last while

mr.stonewall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119208386#Comment_119208386

They are just going off a grid pattern off the main weather models and these are updated between 2 and 4 times a day. The main one I use is i look at wxcharts (not only for wexicans) this has the major models of the GFS, ECMWF and aperge. A quick look back over the past few runs and you start to spot the trend. Looks like very little rain for the next 10days for large parts of the country. Heading towards drought Territory.

StevenToast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119208386#Comment_119208386

Incredibly frustrating.....you just dont know whats around the corner...

Looking at met eireanns forecasts would drive you to drink...

I asked my old man how they made the decision to cut hay back in the day (1930s, 40s)....

They just cut it around the end of june /start of July and got on with it....none of this faffing about looking at what met eireann are guessing....

bogman_bass

If I thought today were going to come as good as they did I probably would have knocked on Monday.

farawaygrass

I was listening to the farmers journal podcast the other day and I think Aidan it was said the predicted grass growth figures this year were always on the high side. Teagasc put the blame on met Éireann, that teagasc were working off their forecasts

kk.man

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119208386#Comment_119208386

The most useless crowd ...I don't pay any heed to them. The BBC and British met office streets ahead.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119208448#Comment_119208448

We have about 35,% more rain now than in the past.

We have centuries of detailed weather reports

Sami23

Thinking if cutting about 5 acres for Hay this evening but am in two minds as while the forecast is giving it dry until Thursday of next week there doesn't seem to be much sun forecast and not sure if Hay can be saved without sunshine.

How are the rest if ye getting on with the limited sunshine ?

2smiggy

https://twitter.com/twisteddoodles/status/1537153407223480331

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Easten

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119209978#Comment_119209978

Yes it can be saved. A dry day with a light breeze is better than a Sunny Hot day without a puff of Air. What's more is the hay saved in duller weather can be a silver green color but fully dried it is some of the best hay you can save. I find that too much Sun (not a problem in Ireland!) can bleach the hay too much to the point the hay becomes over dusty which is grand for cattle but can be a problem for horses.

Had 4 acres cut yesterday for hay.