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Animal 05-25-2012 06:59:31 76.0.45.15 Report to Moderator	No rain in sight until Memorial day, ya right, One inch in the rain gauge and still pouring.. Mowed hay until 10 p.m. last night to get finished with first cutting.. at least in will be nice and clean. Every one in three counties have hay on the ground, at least I am not alone in this fight. What a year this has been! We needed the rain badly but it could have held off until Monday. Oh well if it were easy everyone would be doing it. [Reply]   [No Email]
Billy Shafer 05-27-2012 16:08:44 173.184.91.184 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   Hasn't been a good weatherman since Harold Taft died.In Texas we called him Gods weatherman. If he said it would snow in July. It snowed. I remember sitting around the cafe with all the farmers and ranchers around town. No one did anything until after he had made his forecast. [Reply]  [No Email]
MFPoor 05-27-2012 10:39:12 72.4.0.230 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   If I thought that cutting my alfalfa would make it rain, I'd be out there NOW, mowing it ALL down. It's "August dry" here now, record heat, and only one day with 20% chance of rain in next weeks forecast. Everyone here is cutting hay just to save what's there before it dries up and blows away. 80 degree temps in Feb, and the warmest March on record and we thought it was gonna be an outstanding year for crops. It MIGHT yet, but things are starting to look like yet another "what if" year. [Reply]  [No Email]
Erik Ks farmer 05-25-2012 18:49:30 199.192.210.10 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   What did they do to the baler? [Reply]  [No Email]
oj 05-25-2012 18:21:50 204.9.10.50 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   could be worse Animal, we had snow this morning... bet that was a bit of a shock to the plants just sticking their heads out of the ground... Having said that, they did forecast it 24 hours before it happened... first time for everything i guess [Reply]  [No Email]
Flewster 05-25-2012 18:04:43 199.192.208.89 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to hayray, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   I know what you mean. I got an inch and quarter and there was not suppose to be any till monday. Im lucky I didnt have any hay down yet as I took a major shock across my heart and spent two days in the hospital or else i would have had hay down. Not feeling right still and doc has me on my back till at leat tuesday to allow the internal burns to heal. Thenlooks like hay and wheat will be ready to go. [Reply]  [No Email]
Animal 05-25-2012 18:40:58 76.0.45.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Flewster, 05-25-2012 18:04:43   Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Do what the Doc says and get back on your feet real soon and get back in this fight. [Reply]  [No Email]
Erik Ks farmer 05-25-2012 15:51:23 199.192.210.10 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   We didn't get a drop, everyone in the area quit planting beans a week ago due to a lack of moisture, I have some that have been in the ground 10 days and have done nothing. Rained south and east of us last night and this morning. I was going to mow last night and held off, wish I had now that would have made it rain for sure. [Reply]  [No Email]
Animal 05-25-2012 18:42:51 76.0.45.15 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Erik Ks farmer, 05-25-2012 15:51:23   We ended up with two and a half inches today. They put a new fix on my baler, I have not got to try it out yet. If it works I will share with you.. [Reply]  [No Email]
old 05-25-2012 08:53:15 209.86.226.19 Report to Moderator	Re: Meteroligists my sorry A$$!!! in reply to Animal, 05-25-2012 06:59:31   I cut hay yesterday and for a while it looked like it might rain but never saw a drop. Had a big 20% chance of rain and we got nothing. Been having to water the garden or it would dry up. We need rain and I hope it does rain like they say it will on Monday sure need it. [Reply]  [No Email]