Trying it again!

Yes, it is currently raining here! Thanks for cutting the hay Jon! It seemed have missed us almost every time that everyone else was getting some. We got 2 tenths 3 different times since Memorial Day, but .6 doesn't help much when it is spread over 2 months, a tenth in June and .4 in July. It's too late for my one little field that was a last minute deal and planted June 8th. Only maybe half of it came up from lack of moisture, and then half of that burned off with no rain. Such is farming I suppose. I don't know how much we got for sure yet today, but I'd guess it to be between a half an inch and maybe even 3/4's of an inch.

Ross
 
For several years I had a few acres in alfalfa and brome in northeast Iowa back in the late '70s/early '80s. A neighbor had the necessary equipment to do the haying for me on 50/50 shares, and I left the job up to him. If I recall correctly, he managed to get the hay rained on nine of the 11 times he cut it. He also managed to get my oat straw rained on often enough that it wasn't until the next spring that he managed to bale what little remained after spending the winter on the ground. It's one of the reasons I decided to simplify life by letting existing hayground go back to natural prairie/woodland when I bought my current place in southern Minnesota in the late '80s. I love fresh hay, but I hate it when it gets rained on.
 
To your point about rainfall, I asked my buddy if he was still irrigating, as we had gotten 0.74 this week. He told me the standard was that corn is using 0.25 inches per day right now, and the snap beans not much less. So he has only shut off all pivots one day since Memorial Day.
 
Keep cutting! Maybe that rain will drift far enough east to save the corn and soys here. Second cut is already written off. Ben
 
Randy maybe my aim is off. You go mow some hay now, so I can have some rain too. So far it's all missing me.
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I had to go over to Worthington about 4 o'clock to get a hydraulic cylinder for the combine. The road was wet,but it didn't look like they'd had much. I ended up with .9 when it was all over with. On top of the 1.1 Sunday,it's sure a God's send with the corn pollinating right now. We'll need it if it gets back up in the 90s again next week. I couldn't believe that second one today blew up over us like it did. It started about 11:30 and rained until after 2.
The weather patterns have changed,that's for sure. Seems like the bulk of the rain used to just miss us and go along the south side of the Grand River.
 

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