How is everyone one else's hay season going? About 2/3 done here, hay seems to good. More equipment problems this year than in the last few years combined. So I guess it is still 2020......, oh well it could always be worse.
Bigfoot said:I harped on my poor quality hay quit a bit. Ended up making 5.85 4' x 5' rolls to the acre. Last year was the best hay year of my life, and made 6.15. So........I guess looks can be deceiving.
The dealership gave me the blind hog treatment before season, but my roller never missed a beat. My brother had catastrophic failure on several pieces of equipment, and I ended up making about 150 rolls for him.
I got a couple spots of "free hay". Free hay is usually not worth cutting. I sprayed this for weeds, and put down triple 50. It wasn't super productive, but the hay made was weed free, and looked good in a roll. Made a little over 70 rolls of free hay. If it makes a second cutting, I'll be super happy.
chaded said:I can't say that I have personally had difficulties but the guy that cuts my field has. He mowed a third of it and then it got soaked with rain after tedding and raking it. It got rained on again. Then he was working on two different tractors I saw. He's cutting the rest of it now so we will see how it turns out....
I forgot what area of Ky are you in?herofan said:I still haven't cut hay; too much rain here.
tom4018 said:I forgot what area of Ky are you in?herofan said:I still haven't cut hay; too much rain here.
I am in butler county so we must not be too far apart, you are probably east of me. My ground is wet, I passed on my bottoms to give it time to dry after the last rain.herofan said:tom4018 said:I forgot what area of Ky are you in?herofan said:I still haven't cut hay; too much rain here.
South central one county from TN. We have had a few rain free days, however, the ground is so wet we will need several rain free days just to dry out the ground or we're just mixing grass with mud. It's also green enough now that it would have to lie several days to cure, so we just can't seem to get enough dry days.
I have a friend that I always take his hay advice, and he's never failed us. He has said we shouldn't mow yet, so I haven't. On the other hand, I remember one year we cut hay one day, and he came by the next day and said it was ready to start raking about 10:00. We thought he had lost his mind, but we did it anyway. I think that was some of the best hay we ever had. It smelled great even by the time we fed it, and the cows practically licked the ground when we put it out.