Baling hay

Farmers, who know that their crops won?t do well without sufficient moisture, generally welcome the rains. However, those who have livestock to feed during the winter depend on hay. This year, it has been difficult to find enough time between rains to get the hay mowed, cured, raked and baled. Wednesday afternoon was a rare day for farmers with hay to bale, and this farmer was still baling at 6 p.m. as the big round baler spit out another bale. He was able to finish his baling before the rains overnight, and today put a stop to such activity. According to forecasts, it will probably be late next week before any more hay can be put up, as rain is predicted every day through Wednesday, except Saturday.