A 72-hour period without rain is generally needed to allow cut hay to cure properly for bailing. A bail of wet hay tends to get moldy and becomes unsuitable for animal feed. Keyser has been able to cut hay on some of the fields he manages, and he's waiting to do it on others. Carl Majewski, a food and agriculture specialist with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, said wet weather has slowed the hay harvest statewide. Majewski said that despite the rain delays in the hay season, there should still be time for farmers to do two harvests this year.

Source: Daily Sun July 15, 2017 03:00 UTC