Anyone made any hay yet?

[BredRedHfd]

What the heck has happened to the high pressure coming in? Supposed to be a nice settled spell this week.
It's pouring with rain here now and the forecast for the week is rubbish!

Next week?

 

[Clever Dic]

What the heck has happened to the high pressure coming in? Supposed to be a nice settled spell this week.
It's pouring with rain here now and the forecast for the week is rubbish!

Can't like but can sympathise.
Trying to finish my reseeding programme is starting to make me tetchy.
Saturday on a boat in Greece for a week, roll on.

 

[powerontheland]

Bit of second cut, cut yesterday afternoon, drying very nicely. Hopefully bale Saturday or Sunday as hay.

 

[bobk]

Bit of second cut, cut yesterday afternoon, drying very nicely. Hopefully bale Saturday or Sunday as hay.View attachment 580532

Good luck , I mowed sunday and baled today , didn't look any different .

 

[powerontheland]

16 acres of first cut down too.

 

[Red Fred]

Our meadows have actually dried out enough to run on tomorrow, so hopefully we can finally put a lid on "Grasscutting '17"

 

[4course]

cut some 3rd cut today tractor driver said there was more on it than either of the others but wont make hay ,should with luck top up our haylage (which is already moving out at a fair rate) if it keeps reasonable weather as forecast but its been so unreliable this year we will see

 

[Pan mixer]

Lovely dry few days forecast here, drizzled every day a bit, I am glad that I have given up

 

[ffukedfarmer]

There was a fair bit cut around here on Friday.

Good dump of rain yesterday

 

[FG.]

2 customers cut for hay on friday and a neighbour I ted for, cut 150 acres for silage.
It chucked it down here (north Wilts ) Sunday night.
I've given up on the last 100 acres of second cut.
Cattle and tack sheep can sort that out.
On a plus side, I got all arable land worked and rolled by Sunday afternoon, in time for a nice watering.
Mother nature has certainly tested everyone and still testing!

 

[4course]

2 customers cut for hay on friday and a neighbour I ted for, cut 150 acres for silage.
It chucked it down here (north Wilts ) Sunday night.
I've given up on the last 100 acres of second cut.
Cattle and tack sheep can sort that out.
On a plus side, I got all arable land worked and rolled by Sunday afternoon, in time for a nice watering.
Mother nature has certainly tested everyone and still testing!

I reckon mother nature has abandoned her child at birth this year

 

[Grassman]

Noticed a fair number of part timers haven't even cut some fields this year. I guess fitting in haymaking with work has been extremely difficult this year. Waiting for a fine spell that never arrived!

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Noticed a fair number of part timers haven't even cut some fields this year. I guess fitting in haymaking with work has been extremely difficult this year. Waiting for a fine spell that never arrived!

Someone was telling me yesterday he was doing silage for a chap and he could count 11 fields scattered around the area not cut at all this year. Not for want of weather but because it just wasn't wanted. Good lifers or retired farmers who normally would get neighbours to have it - just not wanted.
That would be @gone up the hill 's general direction.

 

[Goweresque]

Today the mower came off the tractor its been on all summer.........you can guarantee a blazing Indian summer now

 

[Derrick Hughes]

 

[Northeastfarmer]

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You on holiday in America?

 

[glasshouse]

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how hot is that?

 

[rob1]

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you arent going to get rich on three bales

 

[Goweresque]

you arent going to get rich on three bales

He hasn't said what he's charging for them yet

 

[Henarar]

you arent going to get rich on three bales

Grand each