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What's the weather like in your area 2

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    #7772
    Alibaba
    Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭Alibaba


    whelan2 wrote: »
    This is what we do. Can't understand lads cutting lawn cuttings in the last few weeks. Hope to cut here at the weekend. It's dear enough to do silage without ruining ground in the process. Every farm is different. Fertiliser only went out 18th April ground grazed bare

    I'm in the same boat (you could almost float it here 😏) as you in the last few weeks.
    Coupled with the low level of growth and wet weather its been a tough couple of months.

    Only id say last couple of weeks has there been a bit of decent growth.
    There was more happening in March !

    Hope to cut next week


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    #7773
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    jaymla627 wrote: »
    the lawn clippings will give you maintenance plus 7 litres the dry cow silage made the past few days and into next week will dry cows off,

    The point is some farms had silage ground closed since March. What growth was there since? Lads are cutting as teagasc says you have to cut in May. Every year is different. I can't see how there was the growth for the fertiliser to be out of the grass. Neighbour here has dry ground. Would normally cut mid May. He cut last Thursday and it rained on it all day Friday, picked up Saturday. He said very poor crop


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    #7774
    Alibaba
    Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭Alibaba


    whelan2 wrote: »
    This is what we do. Can't understand lads cutting lawn cuttings in the last few weeks. Hope to cut here at the weekend. It's dear enough to do silage without ruining ground in the process. Every farm is different. Fertiliser only went out 18th April ground grazed bare

    I'm in the same boat as you ( you could almost float it here)
    Coupled with the low level of growth and wet weather its been a tough couple of months.

    Only in last couple of weeks , even last week has there been a decent bit of growth.
    There was more happening in March !

    Hoping to cut next week


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    #7775
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Fair ****e today and yday, long spells of rain with misty rain between em. Cows doing more damage today than last week


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    #7776
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Fair ****e today and yday, long spells of rain with misty rain between em. Cows doing more damage today than last week

    You seem to get an awful lot of rain. Mostly dry here yesterday and lovely here today


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    #7777
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,157 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    I'm seeing reports of people getting caught with this weather.
    And I really don't know how or why they cut their fodder when this weather was forecast.

    Is it these weather apps with amounts of rain forecast and %'s of risk?
    They are useless.

    If you live along the south and west coast and even further inland if there's mist or light rain forecasted that stuff never shows up on the radar. It doesn't show up on the radar on the forecast mm's neither iirc.
    You always always always look at maps.


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    #7778
    Mooooo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Has been non stop heavy drizzle since mon night, as much wetting in this as regular rain. No wind no sun just wet. Tis a balls


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    #7779
    [Deleted User]
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    Say my name wrote: »
    I'm seeing reports of people getting caught with this weather.
    And I really don't know how or why they cut their fodder when this weather was forecast.

    Is it these weather apps with amounts of rain forecast and %'s of risk?
    They are useless.

    If you live along the south and west coast and even further inland if there's mist or light rain forecasted that stuff never shows up on the radar. It doesn't show up on the radar on the forecast mm's neither iirc.
    You always always always look at maps.

    Right on the West coast here, it can be a totally different day twenty miles away.

    Looking out at a fine June day now, overcast, wet, and pretty cool out.

    The only forecast I'm bothered with now is looking out myself.


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    #7780
    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,394 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Send some of that Rain this way please.

    mid 30's celsius and haven't had meaningful rain in weeks. A thunderstorm dropped 2 inches of rain in 30 minutes a mile away but nothing where we are. Grass is turning brown, plants have to be watered every day.... still weekends are tan time and working outside with lots of water on hand.....


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    #7781
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,157 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    NSAman wrote: »
    Send some of that Rain this way please.

    mid 30's celsius and haven't had meaningful rain in weeks. A thunderstorm dropped 2 inches of rain in 30 minutes a mile away but nothing where we are. Grass is turning brown, plants have to be watered every day.... still weekends are tan time and working outside with lots of water on hand.....
    I've relations in Indiana.

    The first time they came to Ireland it was a novelty to experience mist and light rain.


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    #7782
    davidk1394
    Registered Users Posts: 4,045 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    Very close weather here. Wind and a few showers too. Not settled at all.


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    #7783
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,054 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    Getting warm now. Don't forget the suncream and hat folks


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    #7784
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,373 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    zetecescort wrote: »
    Getting warm now. Don't forget the suncream and hat folks

    Very Overcast here in the Midlands


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    #7785
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,501 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    Reggie. wrote: »
    Very Overcast here in the Midlands

    East Cavan same.


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    #7786
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Yesterday and today are the 2 best days we have had so far this year.
    Yesterday was 21deg and blue skies, today is a bit cooler I think but still blue skies...

    Hope you got the hay in Reggie?


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    #7787
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,373 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    Yesterday and today are the 2 best days we have had so far this year.
    Yesterday was 21deg and blue skies, today is a bit cooler I think but still blue skies...

    Hope you got the hay in Reggie?

    Yeah got all 10 acres. 52 bales in first field yesterday and just waiting on baler fir the last 3 acre field today


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    #7788
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users Posts: 5,057 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    Sun never broke through here in Meath. Started raining in the past half hour. Not what was expected at all.
    Grass is on the ground but not much you can do about it. Just take it on the chin.


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    #7789
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Sun never broke through here in Meath. Started raining in the past half hour. Not what was expected at all.
    Grass is on the ground but not much you can do about it. Just take it on the chin.

    Raining here too


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    #7790
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,501 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    bogman_bass wrote: »
    Sun never broke through here in Meath. Started raining in the past half hour. Not what was expected at all.
    Grass is on the ground but not much you can do about it. Just take it on the chin.

    Silage knocked here too. 🙄


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    #7791
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    _Brian wrote: »
    Silage knocked here too. 🙄

    Is it raining there? Might take a bit of the heaviness out of the air


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    #7792
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,501 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    whelan2 wrote: »
    Is it raining there? Might take a bit of the heaviness out of the air

    We had 20 minute downpour amd it’s passed on to yourselves now.


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    #7793
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    _Brian wrote: »
    We had 20 minute downpour amd it’s passed on to yourselves now.

    Thanks


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    #7794
    grange mac
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭grange mac


    A v rare sunny wknd down south west Cork....no sign of sea mist that we had for days last week... Ground still v wet though.... More that sea mist forecast for all day Tuesday....


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    #7795
    Gudstock
    Registered Users Posts: 171 ✭✭Gudstock


    grange mac wrote: »
    A v rare sunny wknd down south west Cork....no sign of sea mist that we had for days last week... Ground still v wet though.... More that sea mist forecast for all day Tuesday....

    Tough going there for the 13th June


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    #7796
    grange mac
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭grange mac


    Gudstock wrote: »
    Tough going there for the 13th June
    Month behind on last year...
    that field is normally dry...but that's what 4 day's non stop misty rain last week does....had to cut as more from Tuesday


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    #7797
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,166 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Feck. That's wet for June


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    #7798
    _Brian
    Registered Users Posts: 18,501 ✭✭✭✭_Brian


    grange mac wrote: »
    A v rare sunny wknd down south west Cork....no sign of sea mist that we had for days last week... Ground still v wet though.... More that sea mist forecast for all day Tuesday....

    Gosh that’s a shame.
    Ours is down in swarths but ground conditions on silage ground are great. It got rained on today, We’re hoping for dry day tomorrow and have it wrapped up tomorrow evening.


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    #7799
    grange mac
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭grange mac


    This is the weather that saturates ground


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    #7800
    Eamonn8448
    Registered Users Posts: 135 ✭✭Eamonn8448


    grange mac wrote: »
    This is the weather that saturates ground

    Further up the west coast in Tralee we got nothing like that all week, actually gambled on it being so indifferent on weds and knocked 8 acres , crop was so light it saved in no time , best hay we did in years


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    #7801
    grange mac
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭grange mac


    Eamonn8448 wrote: »
    Further up the west coast in Tralee we got nothing like that all week, actually gambled on it being so indifferent on weds and knocked 8 acres , crop was so light it saved in no time , best hay we did in years


    Yere lucky, at least Yr forecast was accurate...Sea mist here can see nothing and proper rain for afternoon 🙈🙈


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