I'm no hay expert but there seem to be two options, depending on how bad you need the hay, its nutrient/filler value now and the weather: - Find a tedder and ted it on the morning of a dry day if you have one, rake it in the afternoon, then bale it late afternoon. Need to get the surface moisture off of it and get it out of there. From what I have seen, it may never dry in a windrow. And as said above, driving back and forth over wet ground is doing the next cutting no good and maybe hurting your 3rd cutting with compaction. - Basically give up. Concentrate on salvaging the next cutting, use a flail mower that will chop the windrows into small pieces and fling it out. Good luck. You are not alone this year. Jim
Edited by Jim 6/30/2013 07:40
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