Hay

Omallep2

Thinking of mowing 8 acres of light crop today in west. Would folks think I'm mad or is it worth the gamble?

TooOldBoots

Omallep2 wrote: »

Thinking of mowing 8 acres of light crop today in west. Would folks think I'm mad or is it worth the gamble?

Going doing the same myself. Apart from Tuesday the rest of the week is dry so it should be ok. Worse case you can always wrap it as well wilted haylage which is just as good.

releasevalve

Omallep2 wrote: »

Thinking of mowing 8 acres of light crop today in west. Would folks think I'm mad or is it worth the gamble?

Rang contractor to mow said it’s was race week worth the gamble!!

BENDYBINN

releasevalve wrote: »

Rang contractor to mow said it’s was race week worth the gamble!!

What’s race week??

Limestone Cowboy

BENDYBINN wrote: »

What’s race week??

Galway races.

20silkcut

Will this be a week for hay. No sign of rain in the next 7 days. First cut looking light enough.
Temptation is there.

Donald Trump

20silkcut wrote: »

Will this be a week for hay. No sign of rain in the next 7 days. First cut looking light enough.
Temptation is there.

Bit early I'd say.

Tileman

Donald Trump wrote: »

Bit early I'd say.

Everything thing too light around here but weather looks good I’d you had something fit. Once there wasn’t too much nitrogen in it

bogman_bass

Tileman wrote: »

Everything thing too light around here but weather looks good I’d you had something fit. Once there wasn’t too much nitrogen in it

Nitrogen doesn’t matter a damn with hay

mr.stonewall

Temptation got the better of me. Just finishing knocking 12 acres

Reggie.

mr.stonewall wrote: »

Temptation got the better of me. Just finishing knocking 12 acres

Good luck. Looks like a serious belt of heat from thursday to sunday so I'd say you'll be sound

obi604

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Galway races.

Sure this is not normally at end of July?

mr.stonewall

Reggie. wrote: »

Good luck. Looks like a serious belt of heat from thursday to sunday so I'd say you'll be sound

Thanks for the luck.
Half of it didn't get feet this year, but is grand and clean. Bit calmer than last year with 35 acres down and God I was sick of the haybob.

Tileman

bogman_bass wrote: »

Nitrogen doesn’t matter a damn with hay

It does if your trying to save it in a hurry . Very green hay with lots of nitrogen will take longer to turn into hay. Grand if the weather is good for the week but if it was the usual 3 good days it does make an impact.

20silkcut

Tileman wrote: »

Everything thing too light around here but weather looks good I’d you had something fit. Once there wasn’t too much nitrogen in it

Surely a light crop would be a good candidate for making hay?

Water John

Walked the organic silage crop today (yesterday). It would make lovely hay. If a lad had a nice crop and wanted hay, I'd be cutting now and not waiting.

Box09

bogman_bass wrote: »

Nitrogen doesn’t matter a damn with hay

Yes it does. It will be much harder to make proper hay that got lots of N.

Gods Gift

Neighbour wants me to mow his meadows for hay tomorrow.

So we’re goin to get 2 weeks of endless rain here.

johnnyw20

Cutting 10 acres today for hay. Don’t mind wrapping it in a few days if the weather changes. It will be nice to have enough saved for the year Incase the weather is brutal for the rest of the year

Aravo

Not thinking of hay here yet, will get the pit made first

endainoz

If the crop is recently reseeded and has mostly ryegrass it'll be hard to make hay out of it. If it's an older pasture with older grasses like Timothy etc, hay should be easier. So I've heard anyway, I don't make much hay. But it would make sense as ryegrass is nitrogen hungry and therefore greener so would take longer to save.

roosterman71

Weather looking good out to early next week at least, with some very hot days at the end of this week. It looks to be ideal hay weather if ya have the grass for it and are ready to go

Gudstock

Knocked first silage field here today, 8 acres, shorter, lighter crop than usual but heading out and started to fall after the wind at the weekend. Going for hay, hope it works out, find that if i wrap and have to make haylage the cattle dont fancy it...
Cut with disk mower this eve, will do first turn on Wed all going well.

Water John

In many ways we don't get to decide when to cut hay in this country. We're lucky get one chance per year, a miracle if we get two, but then I live in West Cork.

alps

Any sign of the Coolmore mowers on the move yet?

kk.man

Water John wrote: »

In many ways we don't get to decide when to cut hay in this country. We're lucky get one chance per year, a miracle if we get two, but then I live in West Cork.

I agree with you. Sometimes it's better go for a lighter crop well saved... Bird in the hand and all that

Omallep2

Hope folks are keeping well. What's good quality small squares selling for off the field?

Western Pomise

Omallep2 wrote: »

Hope folks are keeping well. What's good quality small squares selling for off the field?

Would doubt if many are made yet as grass would only be knocked a couple of days at most.

Reggie.

Western Pomise wrote: »

Would doubt if many are made yet as grass would only be knocked a couple of days at most.

Hay made in the Midlands here atm

lakill Farm

ready to square bale here , its fit but going to leave it till tomorrow asi will have more time

3.50 a bale or its not leaving the field

Sold May 2019 hay to equine delivered for €5 a square bale minimum 30 delivered within 20 mile limit

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

ready to square bale here , its fit but going to leave it till tomorrow asi will have more time

3.50 a bale or its not leaving the field

Sold May 2019 hay to equine delivered for €5 a square bale minimum 30 delivered within 20 mile limit

I'll give ya €2 a bale

tabby aspreme

Omallep2 wrote: »

Hope folks are keeping well. What's good quality small squares selling for off the field?

Keep an eye on DD, the balers won't have the first round of the field baled, and the adds will be up.

Reggie.

Hold up........ rain forecasted for tuesday in the midlands. Let the panic begin

lakill Farm

Reggie. wrote: »

Hold up........ rain forecasted for tuesday in the midlands. Let the panic begin

I have a new role of tama edge to edge in the round baler and 8 rolls of twine for the square baler

Bass Reeves

Reggie. wrote: »

Hold up........ rain forecasted for tuesday in the midlands. Let the panic begin

You get wetter from your sweat compared to the rain you will get.

Hard Knocks

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You get wetter from your sweat compared to the rain you will get.

Would you lend him a can of Lynks Africa so

Reggie.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You get wetter from your sweat compared to the rain you will get.

Now now.....positive thoughts Bass

tanko

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Keep an eye on DD, the balers won't have the first round of the field baled, and the adds will be up.

At least the "saved without any rain" bit in the ads will actually be true this year.

Savage drying today between the wind and the sun.

Western Pomise

lakill Farm wrote: »

ready to square bale here , its fit but going to leave it till tomorrow asi will have more time

3.50 a bale or its not leaving the field

Sold May 2019 hay to equine delivered for €5 a square bale minimum 30 delivered within 20 mile limit

Did you sell that hay lately?

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

Hold up........ rain forecasted for tuesday in the midlands. Let the panic begin

And if the baler man is busy give this lad a shout

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2406640606105362&id=100002783397454

dodo mommy

What are lads and lady's paying to get small squares made?

Reggie.

dodo mommy wrote: »

What are lads and lady's paying to get small squares made?

Usually 50c a bale

Sami23

dodo mommy wrote: »

What are lads and lady's paying to get small squares made?

50 cent

mengele

Mowed for hay last Monday. It was green enough from fert still and hadnt seeded. Still a green tint in it today (although has only been turned 3 times). As tomorrow is day 7 if there any problems leaving it down for another 3 or 4 days bringing it up to 10 or 11 days?

Sami23

mengele wrote: »

Mowed for hay last Monday. It was green enough from fert still and hadnt seeded. Still a green tint in it today (although has only been turned 3 times). As tomorrow is day 7 if there any problems leaving it down for another 3 or 4 days bringing it up to 10 or 11 days?

What are u waiting for - bale it up tomorrow. Good day promised.
And why was it only turned 3 times in this weather ?

DBK1

mengele wrote: »

Mowed for hay last Monday. It was green enough from fert still and hadnt seeded. Still a green tint in it today (although has only been turned 3 times). As tomorrow is day 7 if there any problems leaving it down for another 3 or 4 days bringing it up to 10 or 11 days?

Green hay is the best hay you can have so long as it’s green and dry. Don’t be thinking the grass has to turn yellow for it to be hay, it just has to be dry. If it’s cut 7 days in this weather and has been turned 3 times I can’t see how it couldn’t be fit to bale tomorrow. There’s good hay being made in 4 days in this weather.

mengele

Sami23 wrote: »

What are u waiting for - bale it up tomorrow. Good day promised.
And why was it only turned 3 times in this weather ?

im afraid of it heating when there is still green in it. I find turning it too much just makes bruss out of it.

DBK1

Sami23 wrote: »

What are u waiting for - bale it up tomorrow. Good day promised.
And why was it only turned 3 times in this weather ?

You should be asking why was it turned so often in this weather and not why was it only turned 3 times. There’s nothing worse than looking at clowns driving up and down a field of hay all day wasting diesel in this weather when the hay will save itself if you just leave it alone and give it time. In periods of weather like this, unless it’s a very heavy crop, hay should not be turned any more than twice. Every time you put a haybob through hay you’re breaking up the grass and reducing the feed value. Just leave it alone and let the sun do the work.

tancoman

A fellow with a small baler would need 60 to 70 cents per bale.

lab man

My father was getting 25 p a bale in the 70s 80s a farmer started doing a small bit charging 22 p it never went up past that even now at 50 cent tisnt worth taking the bale out as most guys only make 100 and round bale the rest