Anyone made any hay yet?

[bobk]

paid £100 ton ex farm

Did you .

 

[4course]

finished last bit baled today in between showers, decent enough grass we will no doubt feed it ourselves as youngish leafy stuff but wet, thats harvest 17 both grain and grass over for us and im not sorry now just got to plough this bit out and put wheat in as the last of any reseeds was finished yesterday ,very late but its destined for fallow till next july

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Did you .

cheap for that quality

 

[marshfarmer]

Finished last Wed, that was first cut lovely stuff it was too.121 5ft rounds, dense, from 18ac

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Another 4 loads in today

 

[Derrick Hughes]

 

[powerontheland]

Has it all blown away yet Derrick?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

it's been moving across the field yes

 

[Boohoo]

Looks like the hay weather has finally arrived, glad I didn't wait for it!

 

[organicguy]

First cut hay baled next door last week while I was away. How much/tonne and would it make a viable business to contract haymake on that basis?

 

[Chuckie]

As above really. Halfway through June now, no sign of any decent weather on the horizon for the next week or so, or indeed to the end of the month. I managed about 6 or 7 acres this time last week, mowed it on the Sunday, baled it late Wednesday afternoon. Looks decent stuff, was baled about 15-20% moisture with additive to make sure, no heat in the stack so should be fine. Anyone else managed to make a start?

Exactly 3 Years on from the start of this thread, not much has changed

 

[Cowabunga]

Haymaking weather stopped happening in 1975...

If you ignore last year’s glorious weather of course and that hay was traditionally made mid-July.

 

[Spencer]

Looks ok for hay in south east this week... definitely better than last week

 

[nick...]

Mine is only about 10 inches tall after a cut of silage few weeks back.hopefully rain and then some sun will make it grow
Nick...

 

[Flat 10]

Mine is only about 10 inches tall after a cut of silage few weeks back.hopefully rain and then some sun will make it grow
Nick...

You can’t expect much from 2nd cut yet

 

[rob1]

Haymaking weather stopped happening in 1975...

If you ignore last year’s glorious weather of course and that hay was traditionally made mid-July.

last three years we have been almost done by end of june this is just going to be more of a normal year, at least july hay is quicker to make

 

[The Agrarian]

It's difficult for us to think that in bygone days all cattle and the vast numbers of work horses were winter fed on only hay. I don't know if the weather was really much different. But I do know that the introduction of nitrogen made things a lot more difficult. Crops are earlier, twice the bulk, and full of sap.

 

[rob1]

It's difficult for us to think that in bygone days all cattle and the vast numbers of work horses were winter fed on only hay. I don't know if the weather was really much different. But I do know that the introduction of nitrogen made things a lot more difficult. Crops are earlier, twice the bulk, and full of sap.

Dont think silage would have been made if weather was that much better years ago

 

[Still Farming]

This time last year Drought conditions and 33oC.
All hay finished.
This year Longest day is nearly here and nothing done yet?
Next week looks bad too?
No June Hay about this year!

 

[andybk]

This time last year Drought conditions and 33oC.
All hay finished.
This year Longest day is nearly here and nothing done yet?
Next week looks bad too?
No June Hay about this year!

that high pressure is over germany / finland , been over 30c last week , it isnt far away but not moving yet , according to early forcasts was supposed to be sat over us this summer , just shows how a few 00 miles can makea lot of difference ,
onward forcast looking better end of this week , but only for 7-10 days then back to wet thunder rain .