Who'll stop the rain
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Topic: Who'll stop the rain
Posted By: Ranse
Subject: Who'll stop the rain
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 8:48pm
 Here is one of my hay fields turning yellow as a pumpkin. I'm usually done with the first cutting before June. This year I haven't even started. It's rained everyday for a month. I'm glad to see the grass is still standing after the storm we got last night. I figured it would be beat down on the ground. I hope to get to cut Sunday. This field is more fescue than anything else. Most of the orchard grass and clover has fizzled out. Any suggestions on how to improve it without working it up and resowing? I've been told clover seed will come up if you broadcast it on top of hard ground, especially if there is snow on the ground. Orchard grass I doubt will do as well. I was thinking about renting a hard land drill this fall and sow some new stuff in. Anyone had any luck doing that? Thanks. |
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Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 9:22pm
| Send some my way. Only had about 2 inches since the 1st of may. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 9:32pm
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I'm in the same boat-- I can't even get on the fields when it stops. I have alfalfa that should have been made in the early part of May. As to resetting your field, fesque will most likely push out everything until the ground becomes poor. Fesque can still make good hay quality if made before going to seed and conditioned properly. |
Posted By: Daehler
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:22pm
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To get clover you need to get it cut as short as possible in the fall, then broadcast clover the end of February, snow helps get it to germinate. takes a couple of years to get a clover stand. Cutting the grass short at haying will help keep the clover. Fescue will grow anywhere, only grass that can basically on a rock. It can be over taken by other grasses and legumes if managed, but would be easier and more time effective if its torn up and resown. ------------- 8070FWA,7080 BlackBelly, 7045,2 200s,D19,D17,G, WD,45,UC,7 AC mowers and lots more! "IT TAKES 3 JD's TO OUT DO AN ALLIS, 2 TO MATCH IT IN THE FIELD AND 1 FOR PARTS!" |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 12:34am
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Didn't CCR sing that? ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 12:49am
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Neighbor said we had 9 inches night before last,washed out some roads,mudslides closed US 33 where it goes thru the Shenandoah National Park,schools closed,Rivanna River just past my house flooded the road to the highest level its been since Hurricane Agnes came thru in 1972.We've had at least 25 inches in the last 3 weeks and still getting more.
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 12:55am
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[TUBE]lIPan-rEQJA[/TUBE] ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Brad in WA
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 4:35am
| Here in NW Washington, we just had the driest May on record. Lots of irrigation being done. |
Posted By: Gary(VA)
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 5:11am
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Ranse, Same thing up in VA. Will take a week of no rain just to dry ground out enough to think about cutting. Have part of a field to brush hog today that got flooded just so I can get the debris off it. I guess the goat people will stil buy the hay. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 5:43am
| Up until the last two days, I hadn't had a half inch of rain all year. I think we got about 2 inches now, and the ground soaked that up so fast that it didn't even get that muddy. A friend of mine 20 miles south of me has had over 7 inches of rain already for the year. Funny how in that little of distance, the weather pattern can change so much. Darrel |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 5:49am
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Same down this way. A couple of farmers got a cutting in early May but has rained about every day since then. Supposed to have dry weather most of next week, hopefully I can get some bush hogging done towards the end of the week. That is a nice looking hay field even with the yellow in it. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: wfmurray
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 10:00am
| Had six inches in last six days .One that controls the weather also said the seventh day was a day of REST. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 10:01am
| we had about 3 inches last night, lots of real bad wind. lots of trees and branches down, already hauled 5 big loads of limbs out, just from the front yard. have the rest of the yard to do yet. hear a lot of chain saws running in all directions from us. lot of the pioneer corn is laid down. no hail, just heavy rain and wind. saw quite a few trees behind our house that had been hit by lightning, they burned awhile afterwards too! gonna have lots of firewood, some is already split! I hope the weather straightens out for the rest of ya'll out there! |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 12:26pm
Shameless, You know that after a tree is struck by lightening it won't burn for firewood? ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 3:20pm
  ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 3:30pm
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We have had 3/8 of an inch in the last week and corn is over knee high, pretty much full canopy. It wouldn't hurt if we had an inch here, but I just got caught up with mowing and sweeping a half ton of clippings off. Not many have any hay around here, but one guy that has sheep had at least one of his best patches in windrows before the rain the other night. It ain't green anymore and may take a few days to dry again. Supposed to rain today or this eve, but they now say 30% chance. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 7:26pm
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In the same boat as Gary, just across the mountain from him. Only 3 days without rain in May. Not the first bit of hay cut. 3 weeks behind at the moment. Chest high orchard grass finally gave in and is now on the ground. Geez, enough already ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 8:06pm
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Snuck in mowin 2 acres of lawn, today. Looked like showers was gonna bust out at any minute. Got done, scooted up the ramp, did a 6 minute blade change, and put the mower in the box trailer. Naturally, the rain didn't start till 2-1/2 hrs later...
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 9:08pm
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I heard an old timer tell my dad not to bring firewood from a lightning struck tree into the house,,, " It done drawed lightning once " ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 9:52pm
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Chance of showers today, I cut some anyway. I actually cut right after a little shower. A chance of showers tomorrow, I plan to cut some more. Next week they say looks dry. The problem is I only have Wednesday and Thursday off to take it up. Hope for the best I guess, I got to get this done. By the way, I did rob CCR for the title for this topic. They are one of my all time favorite groups. |
Posted By: grinder220
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 8:56am
| Last week I was complaining about a lack of rain,it kept going right around our area. We would get a tenth while a couple miles north or south would get an inch. Well in the last 24 hours we got over 8 inches in two shots,6 inches in the first round and 2 more in the next. |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 9:06am
| Looking like it will be a seller's market for hay in many places this fall/winter. Fella I lease pasture from and also buy hay from called yesterday, 77 round bales same time last year. Same piece just yielded 17 bales . . . . . |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:01am
Same here across the river from you, cept we only got 5.5 inches, SO FAR. Looks like more to come.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:15am
I welcome every rain in my corner of the state. What rain has fallen came in amounts around a half an inch at a time. Just go 25+ miles east of me and they've had some gully washers. The nasty one happened last Friday evening. I had hail. 3/4 to inch-sized hail. I'm in a house with new shingles. Add 5 more years to the age of the shingles and I would have had roof damage. |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:04pm
| North part of Mo, we need rain. Last time the creek threw my place ran any water was last October. Biggest rain this year was 1.20 inches. MACK |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:12pm
| We've had close to 6" the past 2 weeks. Had 1.75" today. It has been so dry we never had any mud puddles till tonight. I've got a little hay to cut but no real hurry, there is enough left over from last year to feed all this winter. |
Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 5:20pm
Same here Mack. Only had 1 shower since the first of may luckally it was the week after I finished planting beans. They are up and look good but it’s dry. 40% chance of rain kept me out of hay field all weekend but it was 95 and sunny. I looked at the hay fields this afternoon and they are starting to burn up. Clover is turning brown. Not looking good. 40% tomorrow and Wednesday. I’ll be mowing hard Thursday and Friday. |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2018 at 9:37pm
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Had another 2 inches here in the Shenandoah valley. River and creeks are flowing wildly again. Only 6 days of no rain since May 1st. Have 15 acres of orchard grass to make that is over 3 weeks over due. Chance of rain thru Wednesday and then starting again Saturday. Geez. No way it will dry out enough to make it this week. Wettest May and so far June since 1924. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 3:06am
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We had one night about 10 days ago we got 10" and the ground was the saturated to start with closed US 33 on the mountain with mudslides.The highest the river has been up down the road from me since Angnes Hurricane came thru in 1972. Rained all day yesterday.Going to be busy making hay when it does dry up.
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Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2018 at 10:18pm
| We finally got five dry days last week. I got most of my hay done then. I cut some more Saturday and it got soaked Sunday night. I ran the tedder over it Monday and rolled it today. So my first cutting is done. All in all, I guess I was pretty lucky for a year like this. The hay made a lot more than normal, I think that extra month gave it more time to grow. I might cut a little later next year. I'll be hauling hay all weekend. |