I quit

[gcreekrch]

Finished cutting hay today. A few photos of summer.

 

[GoWyo]

Done before the snow -- impressive.

 

[gcreekrch]

Done before the snow -- impressive.

First time for everything!

 

[wbvs58]

Did you get enough Dave?

Ken

 

[jltrent]

Nice, beautiful, love the pictures. The mountains, wood fence, trees, view, sky, everything is amazing. I'll take good pictures any day over somebody writing a book that is not worth my time to read. Looks like your spring cutting of hay turned out well with a lot of big bales.

 

[Ky hills]

Beautiful countryside and views there for sure.
Hope the hay turned out enough it looks good. Hay was short around here.

 

[Dave]

About time you got done with hay. You will probably start feeding it in a couple weeks.

 

[Lazy M]

Looks like some nice thick hay

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Good feeling being done. I finished up at the end of August thankfully.

Some guys still trying here but cool nights and heavy dew til noon and reappearing by 4pm means you can't do but a couple acres a day this time of year.

 

[coachg]

Congrats ! That's a good feeling. We had a great week here for hay . Every cattleman around except for us cut and rolled hay last week . My hay cutter / baler spent last Friday night in the hospital. Has a history of seizures and hadn't had one in 25 years . But last Thursday night / Friday morning had one . He's fine now but didn't want to stress him . Can't run the farm without him ! He's a good one .

 

[gcreekrch]

Beautiful countryside and views there for sure.
Hope the hay turned out enough it looks good. Hay was short around here.

We are 450 tons short of average.

 

[gcreekrch]

Did you get enough Dave?

Ken

Yes, but still have too many cows!

 

[CowboyRam]

I just finish my second cutting this week, and It didn't grow all that well this year. Between the two cuttings were about 100 tons shy of last years total. I think the nights were just to cold, the alfalfa just didn't grow.

 

[4hfarms]

Like a postcard you would send when you're on vacation to make your neighbors jealous. Nice view!

 

[C-Ranch]

I still have about 65acres to cut. Between the rains and cooler nights I haven't had a window to cut it down. I'm hoping maybe next week I can get a long enough window. Cows will be home in 4 weeks, so they may just have to eat it.

 

[Silver]

We are 450 tons short of average.

We are short a bit more than that.

 

[SmokinM]

We are short a bit more than that.

Wow, most of us don't even put up 450 tons total for a year!

So whats the plan sell down or buy in? Maybe a bit of both? Got much left over laying around?

 

[Silver]

Wow, most of us don't even put up 450 tons total for a year!

So whats the plan sell down or buy in? Maybe a bit of both? Got much left over laying around?

We bought some, and will sell down some to meet in the middle.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

I only came up about 200 ton short with my normal hay ground.

Thankfully I made a deal back in February to buy the farm across the road, and also bought up their existing hay leases. So with their ground I ended up with a surplus. Farm came with 2 barns so all the surplus hay is shoved inside for the next slim hay year we have.

 

[jschoolcraft86]

what's all that green stuff on the ground that you're cutting? it looks like something we used to have down here a long, long time ago.