Slow Hay Making - First Cutting of 2024

It was an extremely tall & very late first cutting this year. A very wet spring & early summer led to all this, but it came off the field better than expected (lots of down & tangled hay) with a record amount of bales. About 40 more than average & 20 more than by best on this field. And there's still a small square of hay standing. That's on an artisan spring & still a bit wet. We'll have to see what the week brings for rain. If I can find an outlet for it, I may chop it with one of the old Gehl choppers.
Stay tuned!
And enjoy!!

[@jazzerbyte]

That stackliner is a cool machine!

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

Fun to operate, too!

[@goatfarmmb]

friends of mine that farm in Switzerland had lots of rain as well and the hay crop was a bit later then usual too, one of em posted on FB an old saying "is there lots of hay in summer so there might be a long hard winter that will follow"

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

I could see that happening here too. We had a somewhat mild winter last year & are overdue for a tough one. Good luck to them!

[@EnergyTRE]

Man you got it made brother. Did you're dog remind you about lunch😅 🫡💯🇺🇸🦾👨‍🌾 dang autocorrect

[@EnergyTRE]

12:29 this my favorite part. Loading them your almost finished 😂

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

Need to teach that dog to deliver lunch! Preferably sans drool! 😂😂

[@ikonseesmrno7300]

@@EnergyTRE Not as fun as turning the key off after delivering the last load, but close. 👍👍

[@EnergyTRE]

@@ikonseesmrno7300 😆 understandable