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<blockquote data-quote="BFE" data-source="post: 1429132" data-attributes="member: 28532"><p>Most people around here wait until the fescue is a little too overly mature, which means June haymaking, probably because most are still planting. It would be better quality if baled middle/end of May, but as my brother says, he's never lost a hay crop in June, so lower quality trumps no hay. The weather's always pretty chancey in May it seems.</p><p></p><p>On drought years there's a lot of late hay made on CRP fields around here. As Banjo said, lots of new growth down low, even though the tall stems are brown and don't look too good if not previously clipped. My friend and hay man has fed lots of late hay down through the years, he says it's just as good as earlier, but that is just opinion, not proven.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BFE, post: 1429132, member: 28532"] Most people around here wait until the fescue is a little too overly mature, which means June haymaking, probably because most are still planting. It would be better quality if baled middle/end of May, but as my brother says, he's never lost a hay crop in June, so lower quality trumps no hay. The weather's always pretty chancey in May it seems. On drought years there's a lot of late hay made on CRP fields around here. As Banjo said, lots of new growth down low, even though the tall stems are brown and don't look too good if not previously clipped. My friend and hay man has fed lots of late hay down through the years, he says it's just as good as earlier, but that is just opinion, not proven. [/QUOTE]
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