Hay 2024

Was looking at the charts, but no real heat there to help things along. Keeping a close eye on it to be at the ready. Very little rain in the forecast after Thursday

What day are lads going mowing it?

With hay half the battle is to cut dry with dry ground underneath. With all the rain over the last week you need a few days dry before even thinking about it. Crops are still very leafy and that stuff is hard to save.

I have 30 acres of rough stuff to cut for bedding but the ground is saturated now and it would need a full good week before I would consider cutting it and then another full week of drying to get it fit. Hoping to make silage on other ground Monday or Tuesday

weather might impove overhead but would ground under swarth not still be too damp ?? Genuine question we haven’t made hay here since mid 80’s

Weather giving fairly dry from Thursday until Wednesday next week. Maybe even a bit of heat. On any wettish ground hay maybe a risk without more heat and wind and time. But lighter crops could manage to get hay

it was the June bank holiday last year when the great weather came. I made the best hay I ever made. However the growth is so poor this year there is only toppings on it at moment

5 acres of mss I was going to mow for silage but going to chance hay ….if not quite hay it’ll be savage haylage ….plan to mow tomorrow afternoon …ted straight away ….ted again Saturday and see how it’s looking Monday

I wont chance hay yet, Next Tuesday looking dodge.

How are those who went for it going? In hindsight cutting Thursday you could be baling tomorrow if not too heavy. Savage drying on Friday and Saturday with sun and wind down south anyway

Cut 12 acres on Friday. 2 small meadows and a mix of grazing ground. Only turned it today for the 1st time. It's well on the way but will probably get a touch of rain on it. Plan to bale it later in the week. Worst case scenario is wrap it up as hayledge. Serious drying on grass since Friday morning.

Thursday here was damp and grass was wet some difference in the grass on Friday morning at 10.30am

I thought about it but in hindsight I'm delighted I didn't. Saw a light field cut not far from me but not going to be ready before the rain.

Balers all up to 90 around here. This stuff is destined for dry suckler cows to be mixed with silage. Have done it before leaving it down and it gets a bit of rain and worked out the finest for dry cows.

Had a bit of tractor trouble over the weekend so abandoned baling silage and turned it out with the little tractor, it got half an hour of rain today but forecast looks OK here for the rest of the week, not very warm but bright and breezy. I think it will be just fine myself, it's just a few strong paddocks that I wanted to clean off for the calves so won't make or break my fodder stocks anyway.

Thats looking good. This afternoon was a savage day for drying, if anything that wind has made it the best day yet on hay. idk what part of the country you are in but theres a risk of showers tomorrow morning then dry with wind for the afternoon and thursday. I'd say it'll be A1 on thursday, and if tomorrow is anything like today you could be baling tomorrw evening too

North east, it's bright and breezy, definitely not warm, but hay is drying out quickly.

Mid west. Cold and overcast. Heavy rain and drizzle this morning. No sun since Sunday. Savage wind to dry this afternoon, couldn't but use it.

Knocked 7 acres of Italian ryegrass here this evening..at best it will make hay at worst it will make good horse haylage..weather looking dry till Monday here anyway

Is it the pipe from the turbo to the exhaust?

this is the part that went on me. Seems to be a common failure on the Case/Mccormick/Landini.

Main dealer wanted 400yoyos, I got a non OEM from a crowd in the UK for 90

Took a chance on mowing this morning. Shook out just now.