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Moisture in round bales?
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<blockquote data-quote="WFfarm" data-source="post: 1645092" data-attributes="member: 39155"><p>They say hay should be a bit dryer for round bales than for what you would bale for squares. We baled some second cutting clover grass hay that was 25-28% moisture for a neighbor and we took 4 of the bales. Fed them right out to the cows. The last one feed about 4 days out and it was steaming like a compost pile. Cows ate it up but gave some of them the runs. </p><p></p><p>If moisture is too high you will end up with moldy dusty hay. Round bales do not breath out like people might think, only the very outer edge. Beef cows are less picky and will still eat it. Some of our older cows have acquired a test for the older rotten stuff that we peal of the outside and leave on the ground for bedding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WFfarm, post: 1645092, member: 39155"] They say hay should be a bit dryer for round bales than for what you would bale for squares. We baled some second cutting clover grass hay that was 25-28% moisture for a neighbor and we took 4 of the bales. Fed them right out to the cows. The last one feed about 4 days out and it was steaming like a compost pile. Cows ate it up but gave some of them the runs. If moisture is too high you will end up with moldy dusty hay. Round bales do not breath out like people might think, only the very outer edge. Beef cows are less picky and will still eat it. Some of our older cows have acquired a test for the older rotten stuff that we peal of the outside and leave on the ground for bedding. [/QUOTE]
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