late baling hay

[bigbull338]

you got that right.wich has me wondering if itll get baled at all.because we need a few days to get it dryed out.

[1982vett]

you got that right.wich has me wondering if itll get baled at all.because we need a few days to get it dryed out.

Just checked the forecast. They changed the 4 days of sunshine and 2 partly cloudy days to 2 sunny 1 partly couldy and moved the rain from Wednesday to Monday.

[msscamp]

what is the latest you have baled hay.I am really running late this year mostly due to a lot of rain.
I live in the Dallas/fort worth area

Well, the latest we have baled hay is still undetermined. We currently have the better part of 2 pivots of alfalfa down, got part of both of them put up, and it will be interesting to see when it gets put up - might be next spring the way this winter is going. It's been an interesting summer, and winter is proving to be just as interesting!

[hayray]

Cut some 1st cut Brome today and am pretty sure the third cut I mowed about 3 weeks ago will be ready to bale tomorrow. We are gonna have about 4 days of day time temps in the high 50s.

[c farmer]

Cut some 1st cut Brome today and am pretty sure the third cut I mowed about 3 weeks ago will be ready to bale tomorrow. We are gonna have about 4 days of day time temps in the high 50s.

I cant believe that you are cutting brome for the first time in Nov. and it is still alive. My brome would be dead by July, I try to get mine cut by middle of June and a second cut in Oct.

[1982vett]

Cut some 1st cut Brome today and am pretty sure the third cut I mowed about 3 weeks ago will be ready to bale tomorrow. We are gonna have about 4 days of day time temps in the high 50s.

I cant believe that you are cutting brome for the first time in Nov. and it is still alive. My brome would be dead by July, I try to get mine cut by middle of June and a second cut in Oct.

I can't get my arms around the idea of baling something 3 weeks after cutting.

[msscamp]

I can't get my arms around the idea of baling something 3 weeks after cutting.

You do the best you can, and hope the weather cooperates. We got the last of the hay put up the 5th of November. Our pivots have been down for probably a good month, but we have also had 4-5 early snowstorms between the time we cut those pivots and the time we got them baled. be nice happens!

[hayray]

Cut some 1st cut Brome today and am pretty sure the third cut I mowed about 3 weeks ago will be ready to bale tomorrow. We are gonna have about 4 days of day time temps in the high 50s.

I cant believe that you are cutting brome for the first time in Nov. and it is still alive. My brome would be dead by July, I try to get mine cut by middle of June and a second cut in Oct.

Well that is the point. I have so much acreage to cover and Michigan ain't the easiest state to put hay up in so by the time the brome is browned out in mid summer just wait until fall when the second growth basal leaves have come up. This hay in the fall looks real nice.

[hayray]

The idea is to be oportunistic and improve the bottom line. This time of year some nice hay can sit there a long time with minimal effects. We have been below freezing alot and mold is minimal. Think of swath grazing, cornstalks, straw, etc., all can provide lower quality forage then what this will yield but yet are normally accepted practices. As a matter of fact from what I saw yesterday the third cut may be nice enough to put into small squares, otherwise it will get rolled for my cattle. Right now second and third cut small squares I am selling for $6/bale.

[1982vett]

I can't get my arms around the idea of baling something 3 weeks after cutting.

You do the best you can, and hope the weather cooperates.

The idea is to be oportunistic and improve the bottom line. This time of year some nice hay can sit there a long time with minimal effects. We have been below freezing alot and mold is minimal. Think of swath grazing, cornstalks, straw, etc., all can provide lower quality forage then what this will yield but yet are normally accepted practices. As a matter of fact from what I saw yesterday the third cut may be nice enough to put into small squares, otherwise it will get rolled for my cattle. Right now second and third cut small squares I am selling for $6/bale.

I do understand the tribulations of uncooperative weather and climate differences and the effect those differences have on crops account for most of the reasons a lot of local practices seem so far fetched half a content or farther away.