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Donald Lehman

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we buy our TMR from is gonna make some money starting about next Jan. With most farmers being so wet they can't hardly get their hay off, there is going to be a demand for hay next winter. The old boy has a pile of first cutting haylage with what looks like close to 300 loads on hand yet, (Meyer silage wagons, with a few tractor trailer loads for good measure) and they just put up 472 loads of second cutting. One of the workers told me that's as much second cutting as they normally do 1st and 2nd cutting combined. They usually do 4 cuttings a year.
 
Doesn't look like I'm gonna get much of a break. I just baled the last of the first cutting Monday. I had to go to town this morning and could see blossoms on some second cutting.
 
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, Randy. I still have about 30 acres of first cutting to lay down. Guess you can call me a lazy farmer. I'm just gonna do 1st and 2nd cutting all at the same time. And that way, I'll still get a 3rd cutting this year.......
 
Around here there's been enough weather for guys to be getting their haylage and baleage in, but they're making an awful mess of their fields. There hasn't been much weather for dry hay - if the weather breaks, there's a lot of it out there though
Pete
 
They have a JD self propelled discbine. The operator told me he gets up to about 12 mph just before he hits the wet spots and just bulls through. If the rest of the crew can rake it and chop it, fine. If not, they go around.
 
At least there is something to cut. A large part of western ND and SD there is no grass... Its all dry though.
 
Only thing blooming around here are thistles. Glad my seed is still in the bag. Last rain we got in the past 60 days was 1/2" this week.
 
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