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<blockquote data-quote="bigbluegrass" data-source="post: 1584587" data-attributes="member: 15537"><p>I would agree with Jeanne. I stack mine tight, end to end in rows. Most years, the ends look fresh when pulled out of the stack - sometimes, with heavy rain, they have mold.</p><p></p><p>There are many regional difference in how hay is stacked. In the drier part of the Dakotas for example, they stack round bales three high with three wide on the bottom, two in the middle row and one on top. I have seen hay in stacks like that 5 years old that still looked good and the livestock ate fine. This is in an area where the average annual precipitation is 14", most of it coming in the winter as snow. That stack won't work in KY unless you have it under a good tarp or store inside. Ask me how I know, I tried it ONCE! The hay stack got hot and molded.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigbluegrass, post: 1584587, member: 15537"] I would agree with Jeanne. I stack mine tight, end to end in rows. Most years, the ends look fresh when pulled out of the stack - sometimes, with heavy rain, they have mold. There are many regional difference in how hay is stacked. In the drier part of the Dakotas for example, they stack round bales three high with three wide on the bottom, two in the middle row and one on top. I have seen hay in stacks like that 5 years old that still looked good and the livestock ate fine. This is in an area where the average annual precipitation is 14", most of it coming in the winter as snow. That stack won't work in KY unless you have it under a good tarp or store inside. Ask me how I know, I tried it ONCE! The hay stack got hot and molded. [/QUOTE]
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