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How do you test your hay to know its ready to bale?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1140554" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I do a twist test... Around here with heavy cuts (up to 4 ton /ac) alfalfa/clover/grass mix we need about 4 days in the 90F range to get a winrow dry, or a couple overcast days with a nice breeze is even better. around here you have to wait until the hay is too dry, then bale at night to get some moisture back into it... I usually spend some time in the evenings with the cows and calves in a T shirt, when I feel a chill, I start baling and that has worked very well for me. I usually work to put as much hay as I can in a bale, and usually get my square bales to about 80-90 lbs, depending on the grass content. The stacker wagon works far better when I have 90 lb bales than 60 lb bales, and I get more into the shed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1140554, member: 9096"] I do a twist test... Around here with heavy cuts (up to 4 ton /ac) alfalfa/clover/grass mix we need about 4 days in the 90F range to get a winrow dry, or a couple overcast days with a nice breeze is even better. around here you have to wait until the hay is too dry, then bale at night to get some moisture back into it... I usually spend some time in the evenings with the cows and calves in a T shirt, when I feel a chill, I start baling and that has worked very well for me. I usually work to put as much hay as I can in a bale, and usually get my square bales to about 80-90 lbs, depending on the grass content. The stacker wagon works far better when I have 90 lb bales than 60 lb bales, and I get more into the shed. [/QUOTE]
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