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Wrapped up haying last night, central MN

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Brokenwrench

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I was just about ready to pack it in for the year, when it looked like we would get a good window this week. I cut hay all day last Sat and another 4 hrs on Sunday.

The weather was really sunny and breezy through yesterday. I chanced it and started raking on Tuesday, raked again Wednesday, and by that afternoon about 40 acres was ready to go. The sun was slow to come out and foggy on Thursday morning. Then by noon it poked through and a good breeze. I bumped everything one last time and started baling at about 4:30. Finished up at 8:30 with the dew just starting to set in.

If the pics work they are cutting and raking the same field. I am posting this from my phone cause it seems like iCloud is temperamental about what pictures it sends to my computer.

The grass hay I baled was pretty much all around 13% and the alfalfa was at 15%. About the last 5 grass bales were pretty tough, but I'll just feed them first. BW
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Yep, I'm in eastcentral MN and pulled off the same stunt. I managed to get it baled Wednesday evening. Seems like the first dry stretch we've had in two months.
 
That is the truth, and not your typical rainfall. It seems every time it rained, you measured it in inches, not tenths.

From the posts I was reading this morning, it sounds like the guys in Michigan are having a tough go of it too. Hopefully our weather here moves east for them to get done. BW
 
I rolled another 20 acres today after I got home from an auction. There's 25 on the ground yet that's not raked. Forecast doesn't look real promising to get that tomorrow.
 
Yeah, this time of year, even when the weather cooperates there's not a lot of drying time in a day.

Hopefully, the weather guessers have it wrong and you can get done.

Do you have more to cut, yet?
 
We had a pretty flawless spell and I wrapped up what little I had left to do today. Now I can clean all that up and put it away until Spring. Today was a really pretty day to be out on an open station tractor running an old rake and baling. I will be glad to put it behind me this year, though.
 
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