Hay 2025

got to the met.ie site and go forecasts> predictability maps>24hour precipitation

it the most accurate one you’ll get

But are we fairly sure the rain is coming Sunday?

yr forecasting rain here tomorrow. No sign of it on met Éireann.

I don't bother much with the apps. I watch rye and BBC weather on telly, where you can see the rain moving along the country, it's showing that rain but who knows I suppose

I think YR is a waste of time tbh as it always keeps changing.

The time to cut was last Saturday or Sunday. A friend asked me Saturday night. I said best time was Saturday but next best was tomorrow. He is baling tomorrow and Saturday. He understood theorist was he might have to bale it as silage but outlook was good mid week.

Only doable on dry ground. Land round me was still sopping wet Sunday evening after the rain, leaving a very short window for hay. Weather still doesn't look settled, but you can always wrap it if it goes wrong.

I cut a bit Sunday evening. Was wet in the butt and never mind that it was not even fully dry standing. And it was heavy too - was thinking I was going mad to be at it and I should be leaving it till Monday at least to let it dry a bit.

Will bale it tomorrow hopefully.

NNo I'm not. At this stage we are at the third week in June. Of you have not got fodder in the yard it's important to move rapidly. Grass is already gone to seed. There was always the chance that it woukd break again.

Most lads trying to save hay wait for "settled weather". There is nothing wrong with cutting it before it rains or with rain forecast just leave it in rows dot not turn it out. However most lads get a hard on to Ted ot put or go in with the hay bob.

The forecrest was good with threaten rain on Monday night, we got plenty of it Monday night. But the lad I advised left it in rows until yesterday evening.

Another trick is cut it with a mower conditioner even though my man cut it with his own drum mower. I was in a tractor with a contractor on Monday he was rowing oats for me to bale that evening.when a lad rang looking for to get meadows cut. The contractor had too much down and too much more booked in for this week to sort him out.

It about getting f@@king on with it now I am not trying to piss people off but if you have not got fodder in the yard getting fodder sorted is the priority not waiting for perfect weather.

Half what my friend was cutting is Corcass land. I say it was wet enough.

That is about it you have to gamble and get on with it.

Some thunder rain and lightning here in the Midwest a few hours ago. Woke the house.

this is a Hay thread, not a gathering fodder one.
advising lads to cut hay with rain on the way - I’ll say no more.

Sunday evening

Rain seems to be disappearing from the forecast here in the South West. Getting a little cooler from Sunday for a few days until Wednesday when temperatures are looking like getting back into the 20's. If I had hay down, I wouldn't panic.

sold a meddow to a neighbour for silage but his mower man got over excited last night and knocked the bottle field that I had saved for hay. Looks like I’ll be in the market for a few bales now