Now it's starting to even sound like your a beef guy, and no longer dairy.
I've always said the dairy guys are on a whole different level when it comes to alfalfa. And what your talking about here, is what I mean by that.
Around here (my area), alot of dairy guys will chop thier first cutting and be all done with it before it even reaches bloom, and before the beef guys even think about getting thier swather out of the shed.
I'm old fashioned, and don't even have a swather. Every bit of my hay is sickle mowed. And that comes in handy putting that first cut up dry. Takes alot of time out of the drying process, if not laying in a window. A lot of times it actually gets to dry, and needs raked and baled in the morning when still tough from dew.
Not many beef guys even do alfalfa where I'm at. Others (non cattle people) see what the dairy guys are doing, and doing it so early all the time, and wonder why I'm not following suite with them. Seems I have to explain things, even to the locals around here. That I'm not milking, and not in need of the high quality more so than the tonnage. And I need it in big rounds, and not in the silo.
Doing alfalfa is kind of an art that needs to match what your needs are. Probably moreso, than any other crop.
You probably even feel somewhat relieved to not have to put up 'dairy' quality alfalfa anymore. Am I right?? Of course, I guess in the dairy world, it was a relief to be back into new crop feed after first cut alfalfa was done.
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