Hay 2024

Great hay day here now... didn't look like it would turn out like this morning for sure

Progressing nicely here, just gave it a nice fluffy turn. I'd say I'll row it up around midday tomorrow and bale in the evening. Better than expected but you can't beat the bit of heat in the air..

rowed up and ready for baling. A rushy crop but they will pick what they like and the rest can be bedding. Might be glad to have it some year. There is 10 year old hay in the shed at the back I would say.

Same as that, baled mine today. Rushy heavy ground that doesn't ever come out great as silage but makes fine hay. Could maybe have left it till tomorrow ( Wed ) but think you can lose some bit of life in crop by overdoing tedding and drying. Still had a nice dull green/silver colour

Mowed yesterday shook it out today and just checked the weather it is all after changing looks like rain on thurs and again on sat and more next week so won't be getting this hay maybe the forecast will change again

Today's the best day of the year so far for hay around here, and it looks like the rain won't make it inland to us at all. If you needed to you could get it turned twice.

Ps.

Baled up now, 10/acre, we'd a close escape with a shower as we started, a minute of heavy drops but it drifted off south along.

Better lucky than rich,

(better still to be both 😁).

Hay 2024 complete. A nice few more bales than anticipated. Few neighbours who cut the same time held off the last few days over the ever changing weather.

It's a real grabbing job again this year. The next week looks useless for hay now, it's some pain in the behind.

I have been following this thread and kicking myself. Had about 15 acres and couldn't cut it as we were away on hols until late last night. Hopefully a spell will come again. I was in the UK and large fields of hay down and large square balers moving. Passed 3 lorries on the UK motorways packed with large square of hay.

Feeling **** now as I have a dose of COVID to top it off

The optimist in me says yes. We have had the dullest spring on record since 96, record wet spell since mid june last year, coupled with a cool June. May ended up temp wise above average due to cloud cover keeping the night temps up

I might be regretting not wrapping mine 😩😩

I never failed to make in in the last 10 straight years. This year has bamboozled me weather wise. I wrapped this years hay yesterday evening.

I'm in the very fortunate position of being away on holidays and the stud farm where i work finished bringing in the hay yesterday. 4500 small squares.. baled Monday evening. First year I missed it in 17 years in the job..my own few rounds were also done by my brother in law and ready to be brought in when I get back

It's gone in the way in Ireland that you just have to risk it at some stage..if forecast improves after you cut you get lucky and if not ..

I’ve made a personal commitment to myself NOT to check the weather forecast for at least 2 days …..

I think even Met Eireann have given up at this stage, because fecked if they know whats happeing tomorrow morning between 5 and 7!