Suggestion was made to put bales in rows. Here in SC if you put bales flat side to flat side they will develop rottern spots where they are touching, unless, of course, the bales are covered. this is due to moisture working it's way down between the bales. Bales stored outside will be all right here if the hay was baled with the proper moisture to begin with. This is old news, observed years ago after big round balers first came out.
Round bales that are tight and well wrapped will rot from the ground up, so the best way to preserve round bales outside is to store them off the ground, like on pallets. This is time consuming and expensive.
None of this should be taken to mean that rounds bales ourside will store indefinately. Eventually they will rot, depending on how wet the climate is.
The ag college experts who have experimented here say that net wrap bales will resist moisture better than twine wrapped, unless the twine is wrapped close, like maybe 2-6 inches apart or maybe 4-6 inches apart.
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