How has the hay crop been this year where you live?
Where I live here in Maine it was perfect. I noticed the rye has really grown these past two weeks. In fact when I was in New York last week, I noticed the rye was doing great down there too. The Timothy grass is looking really good, like the rye in that it is tall, thickly stocked and has a nice green color to it. The clover looks like it is doing really well too, and the alphalpha crop looks like its enjoying the nice weather we have been having.
As for the corn, well its hard to say. Most farmers around here just got their corn in the ground, with a few planters being seen dragging around the field this week. A few years ago the corn was planted first, but what would happen was, the hay would be gathered up after the peak of its prime. Now they hay and chop haylage earlier when it is at its peak, then put the corn in the ground. They lose a little bit of corn growth, but make up for it in quality hay and sileage. This is dairy farm country so a good feed means more milk in the tank at the end of year.
So whats the hay and haylage been like this year where you live?
Where I live here in Maine it was perfect. I noticed the rye has really grown these past two weeks. In fact when I was in New York last week, I noticed the rye was doing great down there too. The Timothy grass is looking really good, like the rye in that it is tall, thickly stocked and has a nice green color to it. The clover looks like it is doing really well too, and the alphalpha crop looks like its enjoying the nice weather we have been having.
As for the corn, well its hard to say. Most farmers around here just got their corn in the ground, with a few planters being seen dragging around the field this week. A few years ago the corn was planted first, but what would happen was, the hay would be gathered up after the peak of its prime. Now they hay and chop haylage earlier when it is at its peak, then put the corn in the ground. They lose a little bit of corn growth, but make up for it in quality hay and sileage. This is dairy farm country so a good feed means more milk in the tank at the end of year.
So whats the hay and haylage been like this year where you live?
