Posted by Billy NY on September 02, 2011 at 11:05:05 from (74.67.3.54):
In Reply to: Baled hay heating up posted by TomA on September 02, 2011 at 09:55:16:
I would agree, now these are regular small squares, 120 lbs? That sure seems heavy. I've had similar problems with 2nd cut and fields with moisture, springs etc.
I've had bales heat up, were heavy, and subsequently molded up, absolutely never put those in a barn or anywhere a fire is concern.
Now being hypocritical, I have spread out tarps in the barn and cut them open, spread them out to dry, fed as soon as possible.
Boy I'll tell you windrows feel dry, raked again if left over night and could not be baled for, too late, repairs or something, all in dry weather, a tad cool maybe but still always find those darned bales that are borderline. Some fields just have too much moisture in the soil it seems. We always tedded the hay too. Even set the tension loose, well as much as you can stand for handling, which does seem to help vs tight compact dense bales, especially when its borderline, often times it went my way instead of mold with loose bales.
One benefit for me was I usually handled most if not all hay be it bought or I baled, so I could sort them, and separate any questionable ones, absolutely do not want those in my barn ever. It's amazing how they do warm, and get hot, when others may not, but still mold later on, fine line sometimes, makes it hard to deal with if you have horses. Can't tell you how many times I've sorted, made separate stacks, opened and aired them out, always 2nd cut too, sometimes in great haying weather, tedded, raked, checked multiple windrows, I've lost plenty of bales too, always liked doing 2nd cut, so green, fresh sweet smelling, and you know its high in nutrients, protein, enjoy feeding it because they don't leave any of it behind when fed.
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