Re: How much rain and how long can hay lay cut

Posted by mjbrown on July 10, 2006 at 10:13:03 from (128.253.49.239):

In Reply to: How much rain and how long can hay lay cut posted by old on July 10, 2006 at 08:34:06:

I often cut hay right before a front comes through setting
the haybine to make windrows, let it rain as the front
passes then tedd it out to start the drying. I think it gets
me at least a half day ahead when the sun comes out.
After two days the quality falls off fast. If its near ready
to bale light shower on raked hay won't hurt too bad if
you can get it the next day. More than that hurts it pretty
bad.
All that said, beef cows can winter over on some pretty
sorry hay if they have to.
Hay always looks better in January than it did in June
or July.
**If a brown cloud comes out of it when you tedd or rake
, is when I decide it's not worth the work to bale it. Then
I burn it in the windrow . The seeding seems to survive
the fire.

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