[AT] October hay!

[Cecil Bearden]

Baling my second cutting today.  First was late due to cool and wet spring.
Cecil

On 10/24/2021 1:46 PM, Mike M wrote:
> 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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