Cut 20 acres last Wednesday after about four inches of rain,then got another three and a half on it after it was cut. I raked it right after dinner and went right back and baled it. Not the best stuff ever,but I can guarantee you that those cows have eaten worse. It's 42 bales more than I had this morning.
When I got up there I couldn't even hardly see it from the road for all the new growth coming up through it. If this was mid August with all that rain,I would have left it lay right there and cut it again after another three weeks or so and baled it right up with the new stuff,but this late in the year,the window for getting hay dry enough to bale is closing fast. The darned field was so wet down along the south end,I had to split it off,make a new headland and leave some of it right where it was.
There's still well over 100 acres to cut yet,but the mower's staying parked until we get a better forecast. More hot sunny days like today and things would dry out quick,but rain's back in the forecast tomorrow night right on through Sunday last I checked.
When I got up there I couldn't even hardly see it from the road for all the new growth coming up through it. If this was mid August with all that rain,I would have left it lay right there and cut it again after another three weeks or so and baled it right up with the new stuff,but this late in the year,the window for getting hay dry enough to bale is closing fast. The darned field was so wet down along the south end,I had to split it off,make a new headland and leave some of it right where it was.
There's still well over 100 acres to cut yet,but the mower's staying parked until we get a better forecast. More hot sunny days like today and things would dry out quick,but rain's back in the forecast tomorrow night right on through Sunday last I checked.
