Finally got the last of our rented hay ground baled this afternoon. Same as most everyone, hay is thinner and lighter. And of course overmature... this is just unimproved grass hay that we make, close to a couple other places. Got the neighbors down, I raked some and we got a little sprinkle.... just enough to get it wet on top, but it went up the Blue Ridge Parkway mountain.... it poured down about 5 miles south... Will rake again tomorrow, and it should all be baled by Friday. Small chance of pop up showers again tomorrow and Friday, but then hopefully we will get some serious rain or storms this weekend...60% chance.
The pop up showers will pour in one place and then 5 miles up the road nothing...When it is 30% chance or more, temps in the low 90's and humid, you know that the chance for t-storms is pretty high....
Sorghum/sudan is growing fast, we are going to try to cut it "shorter" this year so we can rake with our own rake... was using a rotary because it was getting to 5-8 ft before we could get to it some years... but want to get it made dry and that means shorter and finer stalks... if the weather cooperates.
We have been behind with the weather and then the trip up north for my mom's funeral and being gone for nearly a week. Maybe things will get back in line... but hay has been lighter in most all the fields.
Still, we are better off than you guys out west with the heat and no rain....
Heard the wheat crop is going to be off by as much as 30% this year??? Not good....