A strange — in some quarters funny — coincidence involving a bale of hay occurred during today’s early morning drive to the radio studio.
One of the Mid West Family stations, Oldies 98.1, was playing on the WAXX farm truck’s radio. The station was playing the classic, “Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye” song by the band Steam; I was going around a slight curve in the road as one of the “hey hey hey” parts was playing and there, on the shoulder of Highway 53 south of Osseo, was lying a large-square bale of hay.
Such an early morning coincidence almost was too much for my mind — it still somewhat fogged by the time of day. But I had to wonder whether the people hauling the ill-fated bale saw it fall from the truck and said, “hay hay hay, goodbye” as they drove on.
I also considered the need to roll down my truck window and yell a warning of “hay hay hay!” to the next vehicle I met, just in case that vehicle might have a need to drive on that shoulder of the road.
My version of such humor has survived in my mind and through several on-air and in-person re-tellings today. But the incident also brought to mind the consideration about how much hay might be getting hauled through this late winter and into the early spring.
There isn’t much humor when the hay starts to run short on any livestock operations. Our area livestock sales markets are reporting plenty of upcoming hay auctions throughout the next couple of weeks, and it’s good to know there’s hay available for those who are in need.
Last year’s harvests left plenty to be desired; while the moisture was plentiful and kept the hay growing, the wet conditions left many folks with difficulties in getting it harvested and maintained in a timely and quality manner.
I’d be interested in hearing about how the hay supply is holding out for you and your neighbors, and whether you’re finding hay available if it appears you’ll be a bit short of supply before the next crop is ready for grazing and harvesting. Let us know through a comment here, or by e-mailing [email protected].
With that, I’ll say “hay hay hay” — er — “hey hey hey, goodbye” for the day.
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