GAonmymind":7vrtfc0f said::cry2: X2
Rafter S":1ry46anb said:Too much is better than not enough. Maybe you can't get hay baled, but at least you have grass.
Depends which situation you're used to being in! We (different country, different terrain, etc.) keep being seriously flooded so that water reticulation systems get washed away, animals are endangered if we don't anticipate a storm, people can't get out to important engagements, etc.! It's not so good.callmefence":3sxqawbd said:Rafter S":3sxqawbd said:Too much is better than not enough. Maybe you can't get hay baled, but at least you have grass.
That's right.
Putangitangi":2l784jc0 said:Depends which situation you're used to being in! We (different country, different terrain, etc.) keep being seriously flooded so that water reticulation systems get washed away, animals are endangered if we don't anticipate a storm, people can't get out to important engagements, etc.! It's not so good.callmefence":2l784jc0 said:Rafter S":2l784jc0 said:Too much is better than not enough. Maybe you can't get hay baled, but at least you have grass.
That's right.
But yes, at least the grass still grows and it wouldn't if there were no rain at all. On balance, we'll put up with the wet as the better deal but it's spirit dampening as well as everything else.
That photo and caption is not much exaggeration regarding the part of the world it's intended to portray.gizmom":3kf833o9 said:
boondocks":2p8kwvv9 said:I do hear what folks are saying about too much rain being better than too little. And in the short term, I'd agree, because we have grass. But if the changes we have seen the past few spring/summers really are becoming permanent, it will be quite difficult (economically and practically) to raise cattle in an area like this, where we feed hay half the year or more. We are getting more and more sacrifice areas due to mud, and we just spent the evening filling in our farm road from washouts, so that if it ever gets dry enough, the equipment can actually get in. We have also had some calf issues due to the fact we had cold rain when we should have had snow, and we've had cold rain when we should have had some dry sunny days. People are still advertising last year's hay for sale. Maybe I should look into getting a few bales of good second cutting...How much nutrition do you lose (assuming it's been kept under cover)? Maybe baleage would be better if it's been kept tightly wrapped?