Re: ? about hot hay

Posted by Randy as in Randy-IA on May 27, 2006 at 12:39:15 from (207.177.83.167):

In Reply to: ? about hot hay posted by John/Pa on May 25, 2006 at 18:57:20:

I've been told that no matter how dry it is it will " sweat " . This initial sweat will cause the hay to heat up . If it last's for more than a day then you can figure that it was to wet . For small squares anyway , I don't know about rounds . The sweat is from the compression during baling . Anytime something's compressed it will heat up . Hay is no exception . And since there should be a small % of moisture left in the hay anyway some of it gets sqeezed out ( sweat ) and with the heat of compression the environment for the fungi and bacteria is prime ( dark , warm and damp ) so they keep up the bad work so to speak . It can get real scientific from here , all about how as the bitty bugs and fungus' metabolize the sugars they create heat just like we do when we work and so on and so forth till the barn burns down . Clear as mud ? ...Randy

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