Posted by Showcrop on July 25, 2010 at 10:07:39 from (75.67.231.80):
In Reply to: Making hay posted by JimS on July 25, 2010 at 09:41:32:
Jim, I can't give you sites, but I have a little experience in this. I expect that in Ind. & IL. that there is plenty of over mature hay still standing right now just as I have over mature hay still standing now. I have been making hay for about 25 years and many years I have been done by mid July. The last three years however have been tough because there has almost always been rain in the forecast. To get done by mid July one has to cut whenever the forecast is good, regardless of whatever else there may be going on in ones life, and you have to cut as much as you can possibly work whenever the forecast is good. It means long hours. But unless the ground is very dry you need three good days to dry hay down. So the key is in the forecast. I am asked all the time, "when will I get my hay? or "Why didn't you make hay that day when I saw the sun shining?" Well, no one wants hay that has been rained on so you need good weather that is forecast, as opposed to observed as it happened. Every one who makes hay takes chances on the weather, or just plain gets "taken" by the weatherman when the third day it rains instead of the sun shining. But it all comes down to the weather forecast, and you can cover only so much ground in a day. This afternoon I will go out and mow probably the last of my old brown first crop, because even though the radar shows green headed my way it looks like it is breaking up as it comes so I will take a chance.
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