Putting off mowing hay for 3 or 4 days, isn't going to ruin hay, or make it that much worse. May get a tad over mature, sure. It's putting it off for weeks or longer, when quality really starts going downhill.
That said, not sure how long you've been playing the weather mans game.
If windows between rains simply can't be dodged, it's usually better to mow right ahead of a rain (so hay is still green when it gets rained on), than it is to mow far enough ahead of time that the hay is almost dry enough to bale when it gets rained on. Better put, the drier the hay is when it gets rained on, the more damage the rain will do to hay that is down. Fresh cut hay, doesn't really obsorb much rain water. But drier hay will obsorb more rain water, and basically begin the process of rotting in the process of drying back out.
I don't know. I usually wait to dodge rains if I can. Sometimes that doesn't always work. And sometimes the weather man is only right about half the time.
With rain in the forecast, sometimes how late I already am, is the deciding factor. If it needed to be mowed down 2 weeks ago, I pay less attention to the weather forecast. If I had planned to mow tomorrow, I pay more attention to the weather forecast.
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