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This is looking like it is gonna be the latest season ever for starting to cut hay here. I am in North Central Kentucky. Rain, Rain, Rain and more on the way.

How are your hay seasons starting?
 
kyhay,

We're getting a late start here in Southern Middle Tennessee also. Cool, damp weather. I plan to gamble on a little three acre field this afternoon and see what happens in the next few days.

Tom in TN
 
I cut a couple acres and raked it yesterday after noon. Damp light breeze so it didn't dry to bale. Slight sprinkle in the night and will stay cloudy all day. Probly bale it Monday afternoon now with no more rain forecast until next Wed.
Mostly grass that started to head out.
 
Tenate cut here at home yesterday, 3-4 tenths last nite.
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I just turned the cows out on pasture two days ago on the south side of the road here. Were so far behind because of cold weather it's not even funny. Not much growth to the hay yet. I'm two weeks behind on corn planting,but I guess it doesn't matter too much,the hay will be late anyway here in mid Michigan.
 
lots of hay has been cut the last week.
we are starting dry on the top lots of dust flying on gravel roads.
 
Here in SE TX we started a little early but then the rains have put the brakes on everything. We have been sitting for 2 weeks now, waiting to cut, rain in the forecast for the next 7 days so more waiting.
 
There has been a little cut in Central Iowa this week. Not much raised around here as not many cattle. Land prices too high. Most farms 90% to 98% tillable
 
Great, knocked down half of it, should have done all but they talk of some fain for Monday and on. Some guys around here are done already or going to finish tomorrow, a few haven't started. This is sw wi.
 
Hay has been ready for 2 weeks. Rains almost every day. Gound so wet, can't get anything planted.

Monday and Tuesday forecast dry but then the rains return for the next 7 days.-East KY.
 
(quoted from post at 07:16:41 05/21/16) This is looking like it is gonna be the latest season ever for starting to cut hay here. I am in North Central Kentucky. Rain, Rain, Rain and more on the way.

How are your hay seasons starting?
Western New York started yesterday
 
In the 30 plus years I have been doing hay here in Missouri most years I get stated at the end of May and early June. Had to take a road trip today to pick up a couple rebuilt hyd cylinders and saw a number of guys around the Eldon and Barnett area of MO cutting hay guess they either are north enough that the weather guesser hasn't said any thing about rain or there gambling. There calling for rain here off and on all next week so I'll hold off a week or more and see how it goes. Plus since we have been 7-8 behind in the rain gauge it is good it is raining some
 
Cousin is harvesting today....he blows in orchard grass in the boot stage, makes nice feed for his cows. Ben
 
(quoted from post at 07:16:41 05/21/16) This is looking like it is gonna be the latest season ever for starting to cut hay here. I am in North Central Kentucky. Rain, Rain, Rain and more on the way.

How are your hay seasons starting?

I'm in North Central Ky also, looks like we may get a three - four day window but the grounds so wet tractor running over the cut swath will make it muddy. May get a few good days after Wednesday. Been rotating equipment through the shop double checking everything and fixing a few things I didn't think I'd have time to work on.
 
We mowed hay hard last Sunday after the cold went through. We chopped it all Monday night. I quit trying to bale first crop hay here 15 years ago. It just is too hard to get good dry hay in May-June.
 
Here at the bottom of the state today, I layed down 10 acres of Bermuda, and about 20 acres of fescue. I'll have to sneek away after church tomorrow and run the tedder. Last Friday I cut and baled 43 rolls this past Monday. Yes, the last 3 or 4 years have been hard to get spring hay up, but yields have been tremendous. Last year we cut some fescue and clover 4 times!! Nathan
 
I don't farm but the hay farms around me are laying down their 2nd cut. Mostly Clover and alfalfa. Some farmers here plant oats first then hay. The oats are already being harvested. It is not unusual for hay farmers here to get 12 cuts a year.
 
Nobody is cutting hay here. Primarily orchard grass and mixed grass hay. All of it is showing the seed head as I drive down the road looking.

I'm still tuning my hay equipment and was going to cut a small jag of hay, but between the rain - and really soggy ground, not touching it. I'm in better shape than most of my neighbors as I'm growing timothy this year and one field is getting close, the other field will be ready well into June. I think the dry spring we had up until a month ago - really slowed the growth. With the rain and warmer temps we are now getting, it's really taking off.

Hopefully there will be a weather window in a few weeks.

Bill
 

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