Rained on hay.

showcrop · Aug 12, 2019

What can I possibly do with this ruined rained on hay?

Fortunately it is a very small field and there are only 90 bales, but I have no stock to feed it to. I will have to check around to excavation contractors that may need mulch.

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old · Aug 12, 2019

I'd use it in my garden and put it around plants so as to have fewer weeds. Or break them up and pile it up and let it compost

teddy52food · Aug 12, 2019

Doesn't look ruined to me. It is not dairy feed but beef cows can use it.

37chief · Aug 12, 2019

Like someone else said. Beef cattle will eat it. My Grandmother told me when the fields were getting bare of grass, they would burn the stickers off cactus leaves for cow feed. I'm sure those cows would have liked to have your hay. Stan

Traditional Farmer · Aug 12, 2019

It'll sell this Winter hay that looks rough going up always looks a lot better when the snow flies.

Absent Minded Farmer · Aug 12, 2019

Steers, horses, goats, etc. would eat it up. May want to post an ad on Crazy List.

Mike

retired farmer · Aug 12, 2019

Looks better than what I just got done baling a few minutes ago.

John S-B · Aug 12, 2019

HOW much rain??? If you can separate them to let them dry they may be good still.

grayrider · Aug 12, 2019

Ain?t a thang wrong with that hay, as others said, feed it to the
cattle....

VicS · Aug 12, 2019

Rained on our hay this morning, maybe 2". Some of it is second cutting alfalfa, rest is fescue and assorted weeds. Tried to bale it Sunday but was rapping on rollers at 5:30, had to quit. Got about 60 4x5 bales. Probably 30 or more left. But rain was needed.

Bernie/MA · Aug 12, 2019

A place in Fitchburg, MA will buy it. You have to deliver.

craigco · Aug 12, 2019

I just baled hay that has been rained on
everyday since I cut it. 7 times. Dry
enough to bale today. Costumer is selling
it for cow hay.

SVcummins · Aug 12, 2019

We feed hay that looks like that even to horses. It
still has color and it isn?t black

Weldon K · Aug 12, 2019

Rained on laying out flat or in the windrow, then it dried again, you then raked and baled? Or it rained on the finished bales? If on finished bales, how much rain? A little rain on finished bales will not hurt it if it can be in the sun for several hours.

Looks like it has good color yet.

caterpillar guy · Aug 15, 2019

It'll sell next winter when there is less feed around. Might have to sell for less money. If you saw the hay I sold last year you would be glad you have that to sell.
I had a new seeding of Alfalfa that had so many weeds in it you could not see the hay when I cut it.

larkota · Aug 15, 2019

great for growing mushrooms, so I have been told.

larkota · Aug 15, 2019

great for growing mushrooms, so I have been told.

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