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Too bad hay does not stay this beautiful green

rockyridgefarm

rockyridgefarm

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Baled this up two days ago. It was nerve wracking cause Ida liked another day of drying. Good thing I did though, we got 1/2" of rain the night after. I knew it would rain because my neighbor had cut hay the day after me, and his hay ALWAYS gets rained on


I will be keeping an eye on this as well as the 45 big squares I put in the hay shed. If it starts heating, I will be wrapping. The big squares at least.

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If you're worried about it feed it and sell the other hay. IF not then for what it is worth salt it down and forget about it. Just put it in a separate place with no steel. I never did the salt thing but know people that did said it helped keep it from molding by soaking up some of the moisture. I guess it would be sort of like salt pork.
 
Small squares tumbled like that can dry out a little, like ear corn you have space between the bales.

Keep an eye on the big squares packed tight, a wetter one in the middle can really start something bad.

Paul
 
The greenest hay I baled was in the late
1970's (neighbor cut it in November) Then
got busy picking corn and told me to go
bale it and take it home.best keep a eye
on the bales.
 
yes, nothing like the smell of fresh hay. good luck as i did the same made some on the tough side and it rained the same night.
 
Cattle go nuts for salted hay. One year I had to salt hay and I piled it in the center mow. As I fed I would throw a couple of bales of salted hay down into the mangers , there would be a rush to get at it and it was always eaten first by the cattle. I stuck a steel bar down into the hay and would pull it out and feel for heat , only once did I re pile bales because they were heating.
 
A moisture meter would help determine mold potential. Depending on how tight the bales are and type of grass you'll likely get mold above 20-25
percent.No experience with big squares
other than they are less forgiving than
small squares.
Paul
 
salt every layer n dont worry about it none. just makes the green hay better and
salt pulls moisture down
 
When I was young, back in the old days (1970's), I was a volunteer fireman. We saved 2 dairy barns by unstacking all the hay and throwing it back out of the lofts. When a bale was picked up, someone was ready with a hose to water it down if it flamed up. It was horribly hot and probably dangerous work - but I was young and it seemed no big deal at the time. Both barns still are standing today. Ironically, the house at one of them just was destroyed by fire this spring.

Tim
 
(quoted from post at 07:39:00 09/08/23) When I was young, back in the old days (1970's), I was a volunteer fireman. We saved 2 dairy barns by unstacking all the hay and throwing it back out of the lofts. When a bale was picked up, someone was ready with a hose to water it down if it flamed up. It was horribly hot and probably dangerous work - but I was young and it seemed no big deal at the time. Both barns still are standing today. Ironically, the house at one of them just was destroyed by fire this spring.

Tim
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eard, "bale 'em green enough & stack 'em tight enough and the will turn reddish-orange".
 
we are on the third day since baling, and shoving my arm up to my elbow in between the bales. They also do not smell like heating hay. I am pretty confident they are good to go. Will keep monitoring of course.
 
(quoted from post at 07:10:18 09/08/23) we are on the third day since baling, and shoving my arm up to my elbow in between the bales, they have absolutely no heat. They also do not smell like heating hay. I am pretty confident they are good to go. Will keep monitoring of course.
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