I've come to the conclusion that 2 of the most important abilities for farming (which includes making hay) are the ability to plan thoroughly and to make changes to plans on the fly. Our AI breeding season has been screwy, and from talking to others it's a pretty common problem this year. A cow/heifer will act like she's coming into heat and a couple of hours later will show no signs of heat or interest in riding. The vet has heard this as a pretty common occurence this year. And this is from experienced AI people. Tomorrow we'll be turning the planned AI candidates in with the bull, that will be just over 2 weeks earlier then usual.
When it comes to hay, Ol Ma Nature has thrown us another curveball this year. Similar to a couple of years ago when the cut hay would be almost cured and ready to bale and then a downpour would hit and screw that plan. Tomorrow I'll be checking into getting the hay wrapped and hoping that it will dry enough to allow that. The other option is like we had to do before, ted the stuff once a day for a week just to keep it from rotting then bale it when we finally hit a couple of dry days. The WLs last sunday said no rain till saturday. They gradually moved it up. Rained yesterday and they;re calling for a chance of rain everyday for the next week EXCEPT saturday.
Dam, this farming is fun!
When it comes to hay, Ol Ma Nature has thrown us another curveball this year. Similar to a couple of years ago when the cut hay would be almost cured and ready to bale and then a downpour would hit and screw that plan. Tomorrow I'll be checking into getting the hay wrapped and hoping that it will dry enough to allow that. The other option is like we had to do before, ted the stuff once a day for a week just to keep it from rotting then bale it when we finally hit a couple of dry days. The WLs last sunday said no rain till saturday. They gradually moved it up. Rained yesterday and they;re calling for a chance of rain everyday for the next week EXCEPT saturday.
Dam, this farming is fun!