Low tonight...

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We are so far behind on heat units it is getting scary, crops just not progressing. And now look at this temperature forecast:
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Try putting up hay with that forecast. And yes, there is rain every day of that also.

Haven't had a wind all summer, except a few minutes before the daily thunderstorm, which doesn't help the hay drying situation much.

Disregard the lows, weather network is hopeless at forecasting lows for this area.

Same story in the main US corn crop . Seeded very late and way behind in GDD
Very little being said
Just blab about seeded acres lol

[grassfarmer]

Furnace has run every month of this year so far here. Haven’t needed the imaginary air conditioning that we don’t have either. The corn hasn’t even started on a single ear yet. Definitely picked the wrong year to go all in with it unless it doesn’t freeze till November. Just my luck as normal.

I'm inclined to think some corn versus all corn is a good risk mitigation strategy. The corn shines in a hotter, drier year whereas grass/alfalfa shines in the cooler wet years. They also complement each other if you feed them together.

[woodland]

I'm inclined to think some corn versus all corn is a good risk mitigation strategy. The corn shines in a hotter, drier year whereas grass/alfalfa shines in the cooler wet years. They also complement each other if you feed them together.

We aren’t relying on the corn completely and actually are using alfalfa for grazing and for silage as well. I just would like to eliminate a few months of feeding silage or bales to the herd and have a little more family time so if the economics aren’t quite as critical as long as they kinda work. 🍀