Who’s cutting hay?

[Hay Dude]

Anyone got hay down & dryin?
I knocked down about 50 acres in the last few days.
Here we go! 2022 hay season off & running.

 

[Halftrack]

My cousins cut hay last weekend and the next day chopped for silage. Put away about 80 acres and half of that has been sprayed and planted to no till corn. I have a small patch at my residence, just cut today, and was just starting to bloom. I see you have more than your share of yard ornaments ahead of you.

 

[Hay Dude]

Had a little accident requiring some repair work, too

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I cut yesterday, praying that the weather holds since I usually need 3 dry days but in Florida afternoon thunderstorms are pretty common.

 

[sea2summit]

Cut two weeks ago....pretty slim, not much rain this spring.

 

[oosik]

Hay is doing poorly or not doing at all - around here. Been too cold. Native/wild grass is doing fine. Open range cattle can not keep up with native grass and its growth. Wildfires could be a real problem this fall.

 

[WM75Guy]

We got 1"-2" of rain overnight. My hay supplier should have 2nd cut hay mid-June. I just picked up the last of my 2021 hay, will only pick up 100 bales of 2nd cut hay to get me through to next year. Horse quality coastal square bales went from $8 to $10 this year.

 

[mo1]

Nope, it has been way too wet to cut hay. Looking at the forecast, it will probably be a week or two.

 

[LHF2019]

Still waiting. Itching to go. Grass is matured to the point we can probably get it dry in 3 days. That is 3 full days. Just waiting for the forecast to give me those days

 

[Hay Dude]

Ive got about 80 acres down & dryin.
Just ripped the lid off the ‘22 season.
300 more acres to go!!

Took this pic about 8:00 PM
Would you believe about 250 years ago, residents of my little town gathered up on this hill to watch the oppressive British regiments engage with the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War in The Battle of the Brandywine?

 

[TheMan419]

They are cutting here in Northern Indiana. Yields are down a bit it appears. We bought some really nice first cut for our horses. Still need to find a couple hundred more small squares.

 

[Hay Dude]

Dropped some more today

 

[5030]

Already cut, raked and baled the close to the farm fields and they are getting picked up tomorrow morning. Sunday I'll cut the fields in the adjacent county. Need to run the shredder over them and drop some 46 urea too.

 

[Hay Dude]

Raking some small fields today.

 

[5030]

Tomorrow for me, hotter than heck today. As usual, all sold and yes I upped the per round cost. Had to. Between fuel and inputs, no choice. Looks like nice grass hay.

 

[5030]

My fields are exceptionally thick and dense. We have had plenty of rain in the last few weeks.

 

[hslogger]

Willamette Valley, Western Oregon, it is way too wet and cold. Grass is super high, might really top out and still be bad weather.

 

[Hay Dude]

Baled hay yesterday on top of fields with water in lower spots. Mucho rain in the forecast.
Sometimes you have to cut your losses and bale before you really want to.
I had tires with water on them in this little pea patch. Not uncommon in my area. Very cool & rainy.

 

[eagle628]

Helping neighbor with some squares yesterday.

Rounds at my barn today. Yesterday's payloader was sure nicer to run than my tractor.

 

[5030]

Baled hay yesterday on top of fields with water in lower spots. Mucho rain in the forecast.
Sometimes you have to cut your losses and bale before you really want to.
I had tires with water on them in this little pea patch. Not uncommon in my area. Very cool & rainy.

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