The 60 ha Kyabram wheat crop was cut in one day and baled within eight days.Hay and silage consultant Ashley Dempster said now was the peak time to make hay.
“I have a saying — if you can make hay, make hay,” Mr Dempster said.
He said with the arrival of La Niña, farmers needed to be mindful the weather would cause issues.
“The rain just keeps putting moisture back in the ground and it's not really hot,” he said.“It's going to be like this for the next two months, so it's going to damage a lot of hay.”
Mr Dempster said the key to making hay was to use a tedder rake.
“The tedder rake is the secret to drying out grass.
“It might lose some colour, but it dries out so much more.
“When your grass is ready to be cut for hay, it has to be done before it develops a seed head.
“Cut it before a rain so it doesn't get any wetter, and then tedder it within four or 24 hours after mowing.
“Using an inoculant stops it from going mouldy, stops it from catching fire, but the best thing is — the cows actually like it better because it has moisture in it.”
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