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BK9954":27zpbxpp said:
If I store hay that has been rained on if I put it in a dry barn
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It will store ok if it is dry when baled, and dry when stored.

If it is in small bales have put hay two layers deep damp, and then rotated it as it heats to dry it out in a shed, But that is real hard work, and not sure the hay was best quality.
 
it's GOT to be baled dry to store... Of course it'll lose some of it's greenness if it's been rained on, but it's still edible, but it'll store fine if it was baled dry.

Another note.. don't feed moldy hay to heavy bred cows, it can make them abort.. Rule of thumb I've heard is no mold in the last trimester
 
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Nesikep":13fjrlkh said:
it's GOT to be baled dry to store... Of course it'll lose some of it's greenness if it's been rained on, but it's still edible, but it'll store fine if it was baled dry.

Another note.. don't feed moldy hay to heavy bred cows, it can make them abort.. Rule of thumb I've heard is no mold in the last trimester
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Too much mold can cause "circling disease" or Listeriosis.

Wet hay stored inside will dry....in the fire :(
Most of my hay ha been rained on in the bale before it goes inside.I like to leave it out for about two weeks to let it go through the "sweat" early hay seems to go through.It is dry when it goes in.I will not put hay inside damp.
When we first bought a round baler in '80,the dealer told us the hay should as dry or drier than if we square baled it.
 
JW IN VA":qinakipg said:
Most of my hay ha been rained on in the bale before it goes inside.I like to leave it out for about two weeks to let it go through the "sweat" early hay seems to go through.It is dry when it goes in.I will not put hay inside damp.
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Conditions for drying must be much different there than my part of the world. Here, on normal years with average hay, if it's cut before noon it can be safely baled the next afternoon. Cut it after lunch on Monday and bale it Wednesday afternoon. If it's cloudy you might need to wait one more day. My father, who was in custom hay business for many years, always said hay was ready to cut after "two dinner suns".
 
Rafter S":387zdho8 said:
JW IN VA":387zdho8 said:
Most of my hay ha been rained on in the bale before it goes inside.I like to leave it out for about two weeks to let it go through the "sweat" early hay seems to go through.It is dry when it goes in.I will not put hay inside damp.
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Conditions for drying must be much different there than my part of the world. Here, on normal years with average hay, if it's cut before noon it can be safely baled the next afternoon. Cut it after lunch on Monday and bale it Wednesday afternoon. If it's cloudy you might need to wait one more day. My father, who was in custom hay business for many years, always said hay was ready to cut after "two dinner suns".
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I think he means he likes to keep it outside for two weeks after baling, before storing it inside.
 
M.Magis":2o4hdbc0 said:
Rafter S":2o4hdbc0 said:
JW IN VA":2o4hdbc0 said:
Most of my hay ha been rained on in the bale before it goes inside.I like to leave it out for about two weeks to let it go through the "sweat" early hay seems to go through.It is dry when it goes in.I will not put hay inside damp.
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Conditions for drying must be much different there than my part of the world. Here, on normal years with average hay, if it's cut before noon it can be safely baled the next afternoon. Cut it after lunch on Monday and bale it Wednesday afternoon. If it's cloudy you might need to wait one more day. My father, who was in custom hay business for many years, always said hay was ready to cut after "two dinner suns".
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I think he means he likes to keep it outside for two weeks after baling, before storing it inside.
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Now that I re-read his post, you're right. Sorry about that. :oops:
 
I should have said " bales outside".Not hard to misinterpret.I have noticed square hay that sat on the wagon overnight feel damp the next morning even though t was dry when baled.This s what I call the "second sweat".
 
I get about 4 ton/acre, with a lot of alfalfa.. it takes 3 FULL days to dry it here, and that's with smoking hot temps..

I find if the hay was good and dry in the day and it feels a little damp from dew, that doesn't tend to hurt it, but stuff that's still green and had never dried is bad news... I bale at night just to get some dew on it, this year even that didn't work.. a lot of leaves just turned to dust
 

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