Alfalfa - How Many Days from Cutting to Baling?

I'm curious, and this is a "poll" of sorts. How many days go by from cutting to baling alfalfa? Do you use a mower/conditioner? sickle bar, disc mower, do you ted etc. How mature is the crop etc?

 

I cut a 24" crop (no bloom) 5 days ago with a disc mower, raked it into windrows after two days, and it looks like I'm going to be 7-8 days total from cut to bale. This seems too long to me. We have had 90F and low humidities. 7-8 days, is this common?

Alfalfa - How Many Days from Cutting to Baling?