Posted by kyplowboy on August 20, 2009 at 19:21:04 from (63.146.226.90):
In Reply to: what next?! posted by Jason, NW Ontario on August 20, 2009 at 17:46:45:
Yep, I gave up on hay this year. I have a pair of 605C's and a twice wore out kuhn 66 mower. I only cut about 5 acres at time because with my work schedule if both baler goes down it will be 3 to 4 days before i get going again. I got the tobacco ground turned about mid April and could not work any more ground till the first of June. With a job where I work 12 hour nights, 3 days one week 4 the next, 60 acres of corn and beans, 3 acres of tobacco, 40 momma cows to see after, and 30 acres of hay I just didn't see it all happen'n. I found a guy who would cut and bale it for $17.50 a bale. Even if every thing went good, I couldn't pay myself to do it for that. I raked it for him and it was the best money I have ever spent. I always buy some hay any way, as much rain as we have had there is alot of hay on the market and much of it cheap that got a little rain on it. I can buy up what else I need, am graze'n off what would could have been a second cutting but if I had done it myself I would just now be getting done with the first and not getting ready to cut tobacco like I am now. Unless it turns out to be the dryest and hottest Sept. ever after the 2" I have got the last few days, I am going to have grass till way up in the fall. Good luck with it. I know how you feel about the weather, seems like every time it has rained this summer has been while I was home and it's always nice while I am at work. The guy who works here the nights I don't farms on the side too, I have been telling him I hope he has enjoyed this summer, he'll get the rain on his days off next year.
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