Hay 2026

It's gonna loose quality of course, you've seen the silage threads, pushing for 24 to 36 at most, but you can't save hay if it's not ready on the 4th day.

If your not mowing till Monday then confirm the weather on the farming forecast tomorrow before you commit.

I will. I have 9acres down from yesterday so I will get that much done at least. Hopefully try get it by wed / Thurs.

11 acres cut, I thought I'd have more down but the last meadow the ground is still soft and wet, so I left that.

I've about 75 small squares to make from silage ground that he failed to pick up last weekend, it was rained on all week, yet it has come into hay, so I rowed it up and will bale in the afternoon. I was surprised as I thought it would be gone into dung, but it's not bad at all

I agree, once a day should be sufficient and gives the stuff you turn up time to save and die off

i see the sea gulls going to the east this morning early and they screaming mad now that never a good sine of the weather

that’s great. It’s a pity it wouldn’t take up like this for a few weeks be nice to get the work done and actually enjoy the good weather like the rest of the country. I feel like every good spell of weather lately is a race. Got no enjoyment personal enjoyment from any of it bar getting the jobs done.

It feels like the last few years have been this way. There used to be stretches of good weather where you could casually ring someone to mow a field Monday or Tuesday but instead we are all racing around on a Sunday praying the hay is ready by Thursday in case the weather breaks down earlier. It was 21 or 22 where the next hay slot was September.

I’ve got my hay and silage down. Very happy to have it cut after missing the first window.

Cracking day here now in the mid west. Blew up into a fine hay day since noon. I have a good bit down and its baking nicely.

Ground is tender in spots.

Stuff cut Saturday could be ready tomorrow evening but a lot will be ready for the baler Wednesday