Has anyone started cutting hay yet?

Robert_in_NY · Apr 23, 2005

Come on, someone down south should have started cutting by now. Where are the pictures? I need my fix as I won't start cutting for at least another month.

HayDR · Apr 23, 2005

We have customers mowing and baling small grains for haylage. The McHale wrappers and being sold a rented this time of the year. It is raining today, that is Money in the bank!

green4710 · Apr 24, 2005

Yes, someone give us some pics!!! Please....im over a month away....help! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

riptides · Apr 25, 2005

Not yet, but the grasses are growing nice and green.

And I don't have equipment anyway to do it, so it can slow down. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

mows4food · Apr 25, 2005

i been mowin yards, thats about it though

Charolais · Apr 28, 2005

Got some Festulolium that's close to being ready to cut. Still cold here. 38 this morning. It's slowing the crop down. Need some rain too. Winds been blowing for two weeks now. If it rains and heats up a little it'll be an early hay crop here. Orchard grass is heading at 12 inches. Cold stunted it.

green4710 · Apr 28, 2005

Its snowing like crazy here. About 4 inches on the ground after about an inch of rain. Should make the grass grow one of these days if the sun ever comes out.

green4710 · May 14, 2005

Okay, anyone get any 1st cutting alfalfa in yet? Some of you guys have to have had some fun already!!

kensfarm · May 17, 2005

I'm sure they'll going at it this week.. def. tall enough. I put the sickle on this weekend to test out some welding that had been done to it.. the steers line up at the fence waiting for me to dump the grass/clover mix.

jwcinpk · May 17, 2005

I wanted to yesterday, but with showers in the forecast for Thursday and the temp as cool as it is I was afraid it wouldn't be cured by the time I had to bale it. Hope it's not like last year, by the time I got the weather it was way too big.