Wife and son put in about 12 acres of Ryegrass for early cutting for this past Spring, not again, not enough tonnage and difficult dry down in the early season. Also no more BMR for dry hay, too expensive for the tonnage it made and like FarmerCline said it's too hard to dry down here in NC, even with the stalks completely crushed with roller conditioners. If you were wrapped it as Haylage it might do fine.
The plan right now is 40 acres of Winter Oats for hay and combining some of it for ground feed. Eight acres of Cereal Rye for early cutting next Spring, neighbor done really well with his Rye this Spring. Come in behind the Rye with 8 acres RU ready corn for ground feed. I went with her pick up the Oat seed Friday, $6/bushel for cleaned non-certified Oats. Been buying from the same place for years now and they've always done well. Certified Oats are about $11.50/bushel.
Will most likely get certified Soybeans and Brown Top Millet for 40 acres next Summer for hay. The soybeans bought last year didn't germinate well partially because of so many split beans and partly because of the drought.
The 2015 hay season is winding down, what will you do different for 2016?
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