Any hay weather in sight for 2022 ?
I'd be hopefully 🤞 from tomorrow 5 days of dry weather.
Thinking of cutting of cutting some tomorrow, I will have a look at the weather in the morning and see!!
no hay weather on the way unfortunately.
Is next weekend promising?
Although its met eireann....
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
Rivers are very low around here
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.
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.
Met eireann have changed their tune again....its now "uncertain"
It’s a struggle to get silage made let alone hay.
Im thinking of pulling the trigger this week....
Thoughts?
Weather not settled at all imo
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
Best of luck with it......what part of country are you in?
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.
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.
Tipp
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.
I am thinking of chancing cutting hay here in Limerick this evening, no rain promised for the week its grazing ground gone too strong.
Window looks good. Go for it. I am planning to cut tomorrow for hay.
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.
Save away. Hay or Silage won’t matter.
Good stuff. Tks
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.
I hope you get it in both places @Base price . Did you bring the tractor and mower from Longford to Dublin?
Looks that way, you lost 2 acres in Longford already 🤣
No, have the use of a tractor and mower in NCD.
Knocked 8 acres here, grazed in end if April and got 2k slurry..Nice clean stuff
Saturday going to ****? Will **** up my hay as it will be hard saved before then
