Several farmers have been holding off cutting 1st cut in the hopes to increase the yield. The quality of this hay will be low and may require supplementation. Sunny and hot for this past week. Isolated showers and thunderstorms on the 13th and 14th after seven days without rain . May. Lack of uniformity from uneven seed germination is quite common across the North east.
Most fields are now at the flag leaf stage.
Disease pressure of the fields observed is low. The good weather of this past week allowed many producers to finish their first cut . Dry hay harvesting was in full swing. Very little weathering damage to the hay harvested last week. Yields are generally good and a surplus is expected in Temiskaming district.