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Cut hay today, 80 % chance of rain Saturday ! What to do ?
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<blockquote data-quote="gendronf" data-source="post: 234222" data-attributes="member: 2998"><p>Ya I am referring to haylage. Many times I wraped almost dry hay. There is absolutly no lost. When you do this way, there is no dust in your hay and you get top quality hay.Rain and snow do'nt damage your bale. I know that this is not what they teach me but it work perfectly. In my area, some producers wrap their dry hay like silage because they dont want any dust and for protection of the temperature.. Another time there is 6-7 years ago, I was baling (moisture around 50%) and it rain. I had almost finish my field. The rest around 40 bales,(moisture 100%), I bale and wraped it. It was just after the rain.That was in july. I give those bales to my cows in November and this silage was of good quality. If you do that do'nt wait to the winter time to give those bales.</p><p>I give you the extreme there is place between. This way, in the extreme, you save your hay and keep good quality.</p><p></p><p>For quality you got to wrap 0 to 6 hours after baling. The more you wait, less quality you get.</p><p></p><p>Marcel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gendronf, post: 234222, member: 2998"] Ya I am referring to haylage. Many times I wraped almost dry hay. There is absolutly no lost. When you do this way, there is no dust in your hay and you get top quality hay.Rain and snow do'nt damage your bale. I know that this is not what they teach me but it work perfectly. In my area, some producers wrap their dry hay like silage because they dont want any dust and for protection of the temperature.. Another time there is 6-7 years ago, I was baling (moisture around 50%) and it rain. I had almost finish my field. The rest around 40 bales,(moisture 100%), I bale and wraped it. It was just after the rain.That was in july. I give those bales to my cows in November and this silage was of good quality. If you do that do'nt wait to the winter time to give those bales. I give you the extreme there is place between. This way, in the extreme, you save your hay and keep good quality. For quality you got to wrap 0 to 6 hours after baling. The more you wait, less quality you get. Marcel [/QUOTE]
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