From the Fields: Wheat crop in the homestretch

The week following Memorial Day weekend, we managed to put all of our first-cutting hay up dry with not a drop of rain.

It has been a number of years where mowing hay day after day without a care in the world was next to impossible without getting it washed by a passing shower. But I cut hay for three days and baled hay almost every day for a week straight.

In fact, the extremely low humidity caused the hay to get too dry so fast that the hay got too dry to even roll into a bale. And the soybeans have really taken off since the recent rainfall events of 5-plus inches. Thankfully, the high humidity and the temperatures in the 90s have subsided for now.

The regrowth of the second-cutting alfalfa and grass rebounded quickly. The wheat crop is in the homestretch and maturing at a rapid rate. I’m hopeful we can skirt the threats of large hail and damaging winds from now until after harvest.