Hay fields turning brown

Well in the area I live when I went to town today I noticed all the hay fields where turning brown and dieing out. In this area we are around 7 inches behind for the year and if as per the weather man yesterday if you added it all up for the pass two years we are a good 15 inches behind. Looks like hay may be extra high priced by winter if we even have any left by then

Same here in the TX Panhandle, we thought for a bit there we might catch but it stopped as quick as it started. Of course with pivot irrigation they still get a crop but with lots of expense. Really getting tired of the dust blowing here.

sorry to hear that old.. we had a blessed 3" about 10 days ago another 1/2 to 1 this past weekend.. Before that we were in desperate need.. all my hay is basically sold before I even cut. I have three customers that keep it that way..However the yields are about half what they usually are. Ive been charging about 4.00 per bale but considered cheap since most around on creiglist going for 7-8 a bale.. If I had to pay that i think Id have to sale the animals..Price of gas is cheaper than last year.. I understand price and demand but ...really...blowin the rain your way...

Old,

We're burning up in Middle Tennessee also. I don't know where to find the statistics about rainfall, but we must be way behind normal. Ponds, creeks, and springs are all drying up. Grass is stunted and brown.

Hay is going to be scarce this winter unless it's trucked in from out of state.

Highs for next 10 days are to be in the high 90s, low 100s. No rain is sight.

Tom in TN

Too bad it costs so much to haul it, there is lots of last years hay left over in N MN. Some is stored in the long white plastic tubes, does it keep longer that way? I know an ordinary round bale the deer won't even eat it after the second year.

Where I am in east central mn we have had about 20 inches of rain since the 20th of april, the day we finnished planting. Haying has been imposible. Sceeterz are so bad you can't hardley be outside.

We have seen very little rain since the middle of May here in S.E. Ohio. Alot of storms have gone around us but not on us. Hay fields aren't looking any too good here either. Got plenty to feed this winter if my pasture doesn't dry up. Not too sure about 2nd cutting yet. We're staying in the high 80s to high 90s for the most part lately with 100s comming this week end. June is usually high 70s to high 80s with cool nights. Not this year. Keep Cool, Keith

Here in northwest Kansas, temps have been 105 to 114 degrees for the last couple of weeks. Forecast is 117 degrees for tomorrow and around 110 for the coming week.

We've had less than 2 1/2" of rain for the last 2 months.
Alfalfa yield has been less than half of normal so far this summer, and pastures are getting bare.

I expect July and August will really kick our butts.

Same story down here in Arkansas too, rich. Dry dry dry

same in southeastern Ill dry haven't had more mthan asprinkle since early may

We just square baled 10.5 acres of 3rd cutting alfalfa here in southwest Illinois. We got a total of 56 bales. Heard of a neighbor chopping corn silage today and it hasn't even tasseled but is pretty much dead. I just hope we can get some rain to get some grass for the cattle. Corn is done, but soybeans have about half a chance.

I have been getting calls for hay from 2 to 3 hours down in southern WI. They just keep missing the rain. We are dry here in Central WI, but we are a million times better off then a lot of places.

just went down to the Duck River this evening to cut up a tree that'd fallen in the river several years ago. Had always been underwater except the rootball & a few feet of the butt. I stood on the side toward the river & cut it. The Duck is lower than any previous drought Ive seen in a decade.

All of the high mountain hay growing areas are brown,some are uncuttable.Most of the lower valley hay yields are also down.Forcasting $10+ for small squares.Some has sold already for $9,I sold mmy first for $7 The horse people are screaming,Cant give a horse away(cant even "pay someone to take em"),they cant/wont shoot em,so they have to feed em...Its the cattlemen that I feel sorry for.

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See if it is worth taking a prolonged holiday.

We had a mild winter and a nice wet spring. The combination caused fields that were dried crust last summer to come alive and winter rye was everywhere. Some of the fields had been barren for years and all of a sudden they were abounding in grass. "Hayin" folks here jumped on the bandwagon and baled all that they could and got a good crop.

I planted late as I needed 65F soil temp and nights were so cool that I had to wait till late April to plant...usually get it in by mid March. I got my 1st cutting off a few days ago and immediately thereafter we got the 100 degree days and bright sun shine with the same out for at least the next 10 days.

I planted drought resistant grasses and being in black clay, the combination is coming right along. I think I will get another cutting. But after that probably kiss her goodbye......unless we get a hurricane up the central Gulf of Mexico. They are bad for the low land and coastal folks, but up here they are an early fall life saver.

Soo, if there is any truth to the forecasters and their El ....o, who can be wrong and usually are 50% of the time and still keep their jobs, if we can get the moisture in the winter, we can survive here in N. Texas. With last summer's drought, it was looking pretty bleak last fall.

Wish you guys luck........and then there are the floods in MN and N. FL. Amazing................

Mark

Small squares at the feed store are still over $11.00 in the Dallas area.

We have people comeing down here from Gunnison/Crested Butte (100+ miles) to buy hay.Mountain grass is 'primo'horse hay-there is none or very little thisyear.

Yep crazy weather, last year I did 850 bales out of 2300 or so, last week I did 950 in a week, never know !