[AT] Proof God does not love haymakers

[Cecil Bearden]

Spencer:
We have 45 acres of Brome that needed to be cut last week.  The 
prediction has been rain every day for the last 6 days and the next 5.  
It has been very humid, but no rain.  I would cut it one day and bale 
the next.  My Dad would just cut it and say the hay needs to be cut.  A 
lot of times he would succeed.....     They call it Mother Nature, but 
no Mother would subject their child to such attacks.........  I get very 
depressed this time of the year, trying to get things accomplished 
between rainstorms.

Cecil in OKla



On 5/26/2016 8:26 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Antique tractor reference: I never leave my tractor out in the rain, but I did this morning. :-(
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> Weather radar snapshot from my phone.  Blue circle indicates my farm location.   This batch of rain was completely unpredicted by weather.com, the local weather folks, and anyone else who claims to be an expert.  I'm sitting there going "what is the sound i am hearing?". And then you get that sinking feeling when you realize what it is :-)
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> Fortunately it happened within the first 24 hours after cutting. Feeding it to ruminating animals (which alpacas are) after a  touch of rain in the first 24 hours after cutting is not that big a deal.  Rain later in the drying cycle is more of a problem.   I can tedd this out and get it to dry without any appreciable level of mold. It is definitely ruined for horses now though. I will be not be able to sell my surplus.
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