hay in western NY

Charlie M · Jul 24, 2009

Anybody west of Rochester in NY baled any hay this year. This is probably going the be the worst year for baling I've ever seen and I've been around for 55 years. Got 2 1/2 inches more rain yesterday and made out good compared to some places. Probably looking at another couple of weeks based on weather reports and the need to dry out.

I love doing hay but it has to be the biggest problem crop to grow when dealing with the weather.

bill mart · Jul 24, 2009

saw a couple fields between East Aurora and Warsaw
that they got in before it was rained on.Same here on the rain 1/4" or more each time it rains,just keeps adding up, Bill M in South Wales ny.

JimB2 · Jul 24, 2009

Same problems getting hay off in eastern Ontario.
RAIN, RAIN and more RAIN. Corn and beans are about two weeks behind schedule.
I always like to hear the predictions of the environmentalists that predict a increasingly hotter and dryer summer than the year before. According to Environment Canada we are going to have the coldest July since 1992.

JimB

KenB_Texas · Jul 25, 2009

got ONE cutting..
won't be any more soon.
.8 inches ONE TIME here since May 16.
fell FREE to send some of that rain this way...

Farmall Bob09 · Jul 25, 2009

alot of rain pretty much everywhere as you say in the wny area...in dansville ny didnt get as much rain and people that make hay are getting some baled...i've seen a lot of oats down, and the big grain farmers are getting wheat off and round baling straw, corn is tassled and making ear. Up Warsaw way alot more rain thou, makes haying very tough. Bob in Dansville ny

JDemaris · Jul 25, 2009

Same problem here in central New York. It's rained just about every day for almost two months. In fact, with many trees, the leaves are turning yellow and falling off - like it is Fall.
Also, a lot of potato and tomato blight going around, caused by too much rain.

JDemaris · Jul 25, 2009

I just drove through southern Ontario/Niagara Peninsula, crossing from Michigan to New York. I noticed a lot of crops planted in rowed-hills, that had roofs over them. Maybe high enough to drive a tractor under if it had no ROPs. Those roofs look like they come off easy in rolls, maybe plastic? Do you know what those crops are? From a distance they looked like potatos, but I've never seen potatos covered that way. Nearby, there were many tobacco fields and red beans, but they were all out in the open.

IA Tim · Jul 25, 2009

Lots of rain out here too. Funny, rain produces a bumper crop of hay, but you can't get the dang stuff cut and baled before it rains again. I lost my entire first cutting last month, 12+ acres of alfalfa, to mold. As soon as I cut it it didn't stop raining. 20% chance, was more like a 100% chance on my place!

TomH in PA · Jul 25, 2009

Those are called High Tunnels. Could be almost anything that likes warm weather and has a high value per acre.
High Tunnels

MeanGene1 · Aug 1, 2009

Bob, how long have you been in Dansville? My grandfather was one of the owners of Cohocton Valley Garage, IH dealer, in the 50"s, and ran lime spreading, trucking, and farms- Schutz Trucking & Lime Spreading, we spread lime over the whole area, had stockpiles in Savona, Prattsburg, Kanona, and home base in Wallace. I grew up with an assortment of loaders, TO-20"s, 8N"s, a 340 Utility, Fordson Major, etc. On the farms we had a pair of M"s, then the first demonstrator 706D and added a second, (our neighbor bought the demontrator 806D) JD 420, a 424, a couple Jubilee Fords, 91 and 93 combines, used to do a lot of custom work with the combines. Kidney beans, wheat, oats, hay. Larrowe Mills, the big buckwheat mill in Cohocton, bought out the limespreading company after my gramps had a stroke in "67.
My old neighbor and schoolmate has a machine shop in Wayland, Kirkham"s Automotive. Any of that sound familiar?

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