Hay Making on a Different Scale

[Lineman North Florida]

Well I have been waiting for a 3 day window for a while and today was supposed to start 3 days of 24% chance so I cut one of my fields down and flipped it, well about 6 PM the weather changed to 96% and I got about 1/4" of rain on it, so no luck putting up hay that ain't been rained on down in Florida either.

 

[LHF2019]

Knocked down 6 acres in 2 different mowings due to the uncertainty in the weather. Felt like fall mowing the first 3 acres. Windy cloudy drizzly most of the day on Thursday. Mowed it for baling on Friday. Then they firmed up Saturday to being good. Knocked down the rest of the field and tedded it last night at 6PM.

Really pathetic when given the same window in advance we can accomplish up to 50 acres.

 

[Hay Dude]

Looks mature, but nice looking stuff.
Hope it bales well for you.

 

[ultrarunner]

Knocked down 6 acres in 2 different mowings due to the uncertainty in the weather. Felt like fall mowing the first 3 acres. Windy cloudy drizzly most of the day on Thursday. Mowed it for baling on Friday. Then they firmed up Saturday to being good. Knocked down the rest of the field and tedded it last night at 6PM.

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Really pathetic when given the same window in advance we can accomplish up to 50 acres.

My grandfather would plan using the Old Farmer’s Almanac…
What do you guys use for advance planning?

60-Day Extended Weather Forecasts | Long-Range Predictions From The Old Farmer's Almanac

www.almanac.com

 

[5030]

I use my wife actually. She predicts better than anyone. The 2 fields around the barn, I'm gonna run the shredder on and chalk it up to a bad year. Least I'm not using the equipment much this year. Maybe next year will be better.

I'll stick to mowing lawns this year and I'm sure glad I turned back all the rented hay ground. Lot less anxiety now.