[AT] October hay!

[Mike M]

Here in SE Michigan it was a good and bad year, we had plenty of rain,
but on the flip side to much rain. I have a farmer that I let hay my
back acreage, last year he got 8 round bales out of it. I just let him
have it, he raises cattle, and it's better to put it in a cows mouth
than to than to sit in the field. Problem this year was he cut it, and
then it literally rained for 5 days straight, and then rained every
other day. It's ruined, and he told me to bush hog it down, which I
would have done anyway, hopefully next year is better.

Mike M

On 10/24/2021 2:09 PM, John Hall wrote:
> Same thing here regarding hay growth---but I opted to leave it as I
> was into corn harvest. Really considering clipping mine with a bushog,
> its a little taller than I wish to leave for winter.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> On 10/24/2021 11:31 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> While third cuttings of hay are not uncommon around here, they happen in September.  Having enough warmth and dryness to actually cut in October is unheard of. I guess climate change is good for something. It’s normally way too cool and the ground moisture is too high to cut in October.
>>
>> We had a really bad dry spell in August and September. I just knew I wasn’t going to get a third cutting. Things just weren’t growing. Then we got a 2 inch rain at the very beginning of October and then above average temps. And the grass jumped.  So I got a light, but worth the effort, cutting this past week.
>>
>> The 3600 did good.   Still miss the 861 tho
>>
>>
>> Spencer
>>
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