Anybody cutting for hay yet.

[Seth470]

Anybody cutting for hay yet. Just wondering if it is to early. I’m in Herefordshire

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

We would need grass to cut for anything!!

 

[Two Tone]

Jeez! It would be nice to have grass approaching enough growth to make any hay of!

I might even have to start re-feeding Haylage to my deer herd. It is so dry and with the frosty nights, grass will not grow fast enough for them to graze. I have about 70 bales left unused from the winter and was going to carry it over.

I also have about 1500 bales of conventional hay that I didn’t sell from last year. So I haven’t put much (if any) fertiliser on my hay fields this year. Yet, just this morning, I sold 2 lots to people who don’t have enough grass to graze their horses/sheep on now!

Have you had the same @Forage Trader ?

Funny how a Very high yielding year is so often followed by a low yielding one, to balance things out.

 

[Seth470]

We would need grass to cut for anything!!

We have plenty. Just wondering if the weather is right.

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

Pondering the same question, I have Italian which is just starting to show seed head here and there. Weather is dry for next two weeks, ( supposedly) and seems a shame to miss the dry spell, even though the crop will be light. Also even it gets rain in the near future , will it bulk much more anyway? Sorry, just trying to convince my self.

 

[Werzle]

Hay made in May is an ideal candidate for a barn fire. It will go back green overnight in the swathe and rot rather than cure

 

[neilo]

Hay made in May is an ideal candidate for a barn fire. It will go back green overnight in the swathe and rot rather than cure

Absolutely. Farming should only ever be done by calendar date. I’m sure an ADAS man told me that once....

 

[Goweresque]

Much more bad hay is made by going early than going late. Grass at this time of year is as full of sap as it can be, takes a lot to get it properly dry. If I'm ever tempted to get the mower out in May I go for a long walk until it passes...............

 

[Seth470]

Pondering the same question, I have Italian which is just starting to show seed head here and there. Weather is dry for next two weeks, ( supposedly) and seems a shame to miss the dry spell, even though the crop will be light. Also even it gets rain in the near future , will it bulk much more anyway? Sorry, just trying to convince my self.

Are u going to go.

 

[David.]

Shall be mowing It ryegrass ley tomorrow, slightly surprised its coming to head just yet. Will be haylage though.

 

[Skintagain]

Absolutely. Farming should only ever be done by calendar date. I’m sure an ADAS man told me that once....

I am not one for following anything formal or doing what I am told but hay in May is really really asking for trouble. It can do a week and still come alive early June never mind now.

I struggle with June hay many a time, but our hay gets 80-100 units of nitrogen on it.....

 

[farmerm]

If I cut mine now after a couple of turns there wouldn’t be anything left to bail!

 

[neilo]

I am not one for following anything formal or doing what I am told but hay in May is really really asking for trouble. It can do a week and still come alive early June never mind now.

I struggle with June hay many a time, but our hay gets 80-100 units of nitrogen on it.....

Same here, very rare to make hay in June, let alone May. The grass is normally young & lush and the dew stops anything on the ground drying properly. Not really down to calendar date, other than usual conditions at the time.

 

[DieselRob]

If someone would like to cut for hay in central North Yorkshire it would hopefully do a fine job of making it rain for the rest of us

 

[Spuddler]

If someone would like to cut for hay in central North Yorkshire it would hopefully do a fine job of making it rain for the rest of us

I think everyone has that local person where as soon as they’ve cut some grass it rains

 

[Raider112]

Haven't needed to cut my lawn yet!!

 

[Still Farming]

Time we cut you can guarantee it will non stop rain untill October?
They been cutting silage here and you can see the mower bed???

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Jeez! It would be nice to have grass approaching enough growth to make any hay of!

I might even have to start re-feeding Haylage to my deer herd. It is so dry and with the frosty nights, grass will not grow fast enough for them to graze. I have about 70 bales left unused from the winter and was going to carry it over.

I also have about 1500 bales of conventional hay that I didn’t sell from last year. So I haven’t put much (if any) fertiliser on my hay fields this year. Yet, just this morning, I sold 2 lots to people who don’t have enough grass to graze their horses/sheep on now!

Have you had the same @Forage Trader ?

Funny how a Very high yielding year is so often followed by a low yielding one, to balance things out.

People are asking about fodder. Trying to keep calm and hope it Rains. We could be swimming again In 4 weeks ,you just dont know

 

[Derrick Hughes]

We have plenty. Just wondering if the weather is right.

Yes . Very often when we want to cut latter on it's not right . If you have grass and the weather suits get it cut
Just make sure it has time. But leaf dries faster than old thick stem despite what the grannies say on here [emoji1]

 

[steveR]

Anybody cutting for hay yet. Just wondering if it is to early. I’m in Herefordshire

Yep..... then I wrapped it

I have 5ha of rubbish benty stuff that was going to be 1st cut silage that I will mow and start again next week. If we have another week like last week, it would be fun trying to make hay, but commonsense says it'll be going into p;lastic as well... Hopefully the second cut (if it ever bloody rains!) will make Hay.