Posted by Bill from MA on June 09, 2009 at 11:50:22 from (24.62.231.170):
My wife's family owns a 10 acre hay field in upstate NY. No one would hay it anymore so we bought a JD 2040 and a new 72" squealer rotary mower. We cut the field last fall. Had some tractor issues and just got it back from the dealer yesterday.
My wife and her aunt are happy that Bobolinks are using the field to nest so we will not cut it until after Aug 1.
So of course a neighbor just asked if he could hay it. Some of the creeks up there are bone dry so I am guessing there may be a hay shortage this year.
They won't let him until after Aug 1.
I think cattle are okay with the first cutting and horses like the 2nd and 3rd.
If this is all true would a farmer want 1st cut hay after Aug 1?
If not and we mowed Aug 1 or so would he want a 2nd cutting in Sept?
There are acres of being abandoned fields there so it's no emergency on this farmers part, no cows will die based on this decision.
Ecology-wise it is probably more important for the bobolinks to have a nest site.
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