Hay 2021

Sami23 wrote: »

Well lads n lassies - that time year again.
Anyone think there might be a window later this week and over the weekend to make some Hay.
Have a field ready to cut here so debating whether to just wrap it or try get Hay from it

Weather apps say no in the West.

We can't get 2 days to cut silage never mind make hay

mr.stonewall wrote: »

Cut a bit yesterday. Tedded out in the evening. Just tedding it again. Has dried better than I thought.
The week ahead is ok with very little rain mid week. Hoping to bale up next weekend. Hard to leave the chance behind when ground is so good

Cut yesterday? Tedded twice already but won’t be fit till the weekend? Twill be fit before then.

893bet wrote: »

Cut yesterday? Tedded twice already but won’t be fit till the weekend? Twill be fit before then.

Getting cloudy during the week. Risk of showers could set it back a day or two. A lot of it is grassy and some is surplus grazing ground. Getting sick of the black pudding bales

I would chance it weather wise but all my hay is in Glas so will have to wait another few weeks. Not enough on the meadows either to be fair. Hopefully the lads that have it down it will work out for ye. Should do.

Anyone who thinks that hay needs rain obviously wasn’t trying to save “hay” in 1985/86!!!

tanko wrote: »

Anyone who thinks that hay needs rain obviously wasn’t trying to save “hay” in 1985/86!!!

The folks here tell of going on their honeymoon to London via rosslare and fishguard and then by train.
Would have been mid 1970's. The father says it was shocking looking out the windows at farmers just pushing rotten heaps of hay into the field corners.

Environmentalists nowadays going on about birds just don't realise the hardship and financial hit that a lost crop of hay brought.
The silage bale allowed a crop be harvested rather than dumped and brought somewhat a certainty of success.

memorystick wrote: »

Another neighbour had hay for sale and the local expert/useless farmer went to look at it and insulted the seller by saying “it’s too dehydrated”!

If the seller actually got insulted by a clown like that, they need a good dose of cop on themselves.

7 acres down here. Looking good. Down 2 days and tedded twice. Be well sorted for the weekend

First bit of hay baled here before any rain

Dunedin wrote: »

That’s the shot. Tis an awful pity the pubs are not fully open as you’d have a mighty one up on all the aul begrudging neighbors who said you were mad to be cutting it......!

I cut a field beside the road so people could have a good look:D

A little bit of rain on a cut crop of hay helps keep it a little less dusty.

Bale this up tomorrow

Might be a hay window from this Friday on I think. Forecast is good. We have a bit I will chance.

Midwest area.

Sami23 wrote: »

Yes it's looking that way alright isn't it.
Will you cut before Friday and let it wilt away even if gets a bit of rain or will ya hold off cutting till Friday or Saturday

Would like to but only window I have between day job and family is Friday afternoon/evening.

Just looked at a correct weather site and they have 50-60 percent chance rain every day....! Strange! Gonna ignore that one...!

Too_Old_Boots wrote: »

Looking at the bbc long range forecast today till tomorrow morning will see some mist and patchy rain it's promised good from Thursday onwards, getting hot from Sunday to Wednesday.
(Hay fever now hitting a lot of farmers by the end of the week :P)

Unfortunately mine is in Glas which doesn’t permit until 1st July which is next Thursday .

2smiggy wrote: »

father cut about 30 acres yesterday. north cork area, so here's hoping for the best !!

let the fun begin

Once it’s not small squares it shouldn’t be too bad.

2smiggy wrote: »

it's just 3 handy fields, so all should be good. all our own gear, so not relying on anyone else !!

3 handy fields?

Up west 30 acres could be bigger than an entire farm and more than that a 10 acre field is a fair sized field.

Just goes to show the difference in land across the country.

Best of luck with it, I presume you have good gear otherwise it could take all week to do 1 field.

2smiggy wrote: »

meant it in a way that the fields are fairly easy as they not 10 smaller fields !!

Ya have fairly good gear. This is a bit of a relief, as he grazed a lot more this year, and made more round bales of silage. He would often cut 60 acres together for hay !!

Fair play, out of interest, could you give us a run through the gear. I'm always interested in farming fleets!
I understand if you don't want to.

2smiggy wrote: »

John deere 6910
john deere 6820
Kuhn 10 ft mower
lotus 600 4 rotor tedder
hay bob
mchale 5500 baler

it does fine for what we need to do. sometimes neighbours with balers join in if the weather dictates, and vise versa !!

That's a fine set up. Fair play to ye.