SW MO pasture

[dun]

For those that have had the early very wr\arm weather then followed by the week of high teen nights then back to more or less normal weather, how are your pastures and hay fields? We have about 1/3 of the growth that we would expect by now plus everything is heading out already. May be a pretty crappy hay year again. Any one else have subnormal growth?

dun

 

[Wewild]

For those that have had the early very wr\arm weather then followed by the week of high teen nights then back to more or less normal weather, how are your pastures and hay fields? We have about 1/3 of the growth that we would expect by now plus everything is heading out already. May be a pretty crappy hay year again. Any one else have subnormal growth?

dun

We got stunted by the freezes the first week of April ,after warm weather, along with the lack of rain. We finally have trees that had the leaves killed putting back out.

 

[bgm]

Same story here Dun. I was hoping for a break after the beating the pastures took last year in the drought.

 

[dun]

Same story here Dun. I was hoping for a break after the beating the pastures took last year in the drought.

I've got a couple of fields that we've hayed in the past and the fescue isn;t doing much, but the bluegrass (that I didn;t even know was in them) is going gangbusters and is already setting seed.

dun

 

[preston39]

dunn,

Just east of you and share the same concerns for the same reasons. Our OG,clover,timothy and fescue fields are about 1/3 its usual for may 1.

To make up for the anticipated shortfall we are going to try some late spring seeding next week on some new river bottoms. If all goes well with some rain during June, July we will get a good cutting end of July 1st of August. :roll: We are looking at haygrazer as an option. New to us.

When nature gives us unusual challenges we must be prepared to try unusual things....I guess. Maybe we will learn something.

 

[dun]

When nature gives us unusual challenges we must be prepared to try unusual things....I guess. Maybe we will learn something.

I'm tempted to just graze the hay fields this year and buy hay early

dun

 

[regenwether]

Everething here is two weeks behind. The Alflafa got hit hard though it is coming back. The first crop will be hurt. The pasture is behind though the feilds it hit with N looks pretty good. I have turned out most of my herds on pasture.

 

[dun]

I feel about about whining about a little problem with hay and pasture when there are folks that got hammered by tornados. Kind of makes our ice storm and the screwy weather around here seem trivial

dun

 

[preston39]

When nature gives us unusual challenges we must be prepared to try unusual things....I guess. Maybe we will learn something.

I'm tempted to just graze the hay fields this year and buy hay early

dun

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dun,

as an example...around here hay is no doubt going to be scarce and expensive.

We usually sell 200 or so round bales. A repeat of that this year looks bleak.

 

[GMN]

When nature gives us unusual challenges we must be prepared to try unusual things....I guess. Maybe we will learn something.

I'm tempted to just graze the hay fields this year and buy hay early

dun

It is a concern, I would cut hay early, and hope for a good second cutting. My bet hay will be short on first cutting, but second will be better (if you get a second, that is) We usually are in need to pasture ours, for the cows by then. Sure hope hay prices are not ridiculus again this year, or I think alot of people will be hurting.

GMN

 

[rmcva]

Same story here Dun. I was hoping for a break after the beating the pastures took last year in the drought.

I've got a couple of fields that we've hayed in the past and the fescue isn;t doing much, but the bluegrass (that I didn;t even know was in them) is going gangbusters and is already setting seed.

dun

It's the same here in south side Va. Talked to my sister that lives near Roanoke and they are already grazing hay fields. So it's worse there than here. I also see the bluegrass and had no idea we still had that much mixed in. Glad it made a come back to fill in what we lost last year. Right now I hope to make 1/3 the hay of a normal year.

It's almost enough to make a grown man cry with the fertilizer bill we had this time. :shock:

 

[Arkieman]

Our Bermuda is just now starting to show itself (again). It started out great and then the freeze hammered it (looked like you sprayed Roundup on it!). The Rye and Fescue is still goin strong. Some is getting tall and seeding out, with the cows opting for the more tender stuff. It's enough that they can be picky right now. Still going back and forth on the lime...