Good idea, you can bollock him then if it rains....
This week for hay?
- Thread starter George from SJM Planning
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good luck I'm leaving it for now
Penmoel
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Bit wet today too
Cut about 50 acres on Thursday, all baled and wrapped on Saturday, some years you may have to accept you wont get hay, good wrapped silage is better than mouldy hay despite the cost of wrapping which is your only saving making hay. Hay also needs a roof which wrapped bales don't.
@georgie forget the hay this year , one or two day good wilt tomorrow and Wednesday and wrap em up.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
i checked the bbc forecast about 5 30 this morning, and again 3 hours later, it has got worse in those 3 hours
I would make haylage but nobody has a small bale wrapper and I have no equipment to handle big bales.
Penmoel
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May well be better then to make big bales or wrapped haylage/ dry silage, then see if @roscoe erf (or even @Forage Trader ) will do you a deal on some small bales in exchange.
i personally wouldn't cut today for hay wet grass on a wet field gonna have to burn some diesel to get that round and need some seriously good drying weather just sounds like hard work they must be a better week ahead
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
ring chris 07837 419030, tell him sam from ffosyficher gave you the number, he will wrap small bales for you
Where is Chris from? Would he come to Saron?
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
he is not far from here, yes im sure he would go to saron, he tows the wrapper behiend landrover
Penmoel
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There's also Glanmor Jones in Capel Dewi who's got a small wrapper, could find his number if you want
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
You'll need to get it by close of play Wednesday I reckon, if you mow today. End of the week doesn't look too promising now.
Thank you for all your help, it needs to be done but no point doing it if it's gonna be crap so I'll wait to hear from the mower.
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
Plenty of half decent hay has been made in September in the past, and will be again. Better to wait and get whats there in decent conditions than mow more in hope than expectation. Gone over grass in good conditions makes better hay than better grass in crap conditions. I mowed some first cut grass in September 2012 when it finally stopped raining that year, and it made OK stuff, which all got sold.
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Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Yes this week's good forecast has gone t*ts up!
wise move I'm not going to rush in as said there is still time
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
We missed the rain today so bit of hay to bale tomorrow but not much else this week looking at the forecast.