Bale First-Cutting Too Green and the Stack Cooks From the Inside, and the Heat You Feel With Your Hand in July Was Baled In Back in June
Grass hay put up a few points too wet heats in the stack long after the baler shuts off. Here's how to…
Grass hay put up a few points too wet heats in the stack long after the baler shuts off. Here's how to…
Hay put up above safe moisture keeps working long after you leave the field. Here's how to read moisture, check a heating…
Hay put up above 18 to 20 percent moisture keeps working after it leaves the field. Sometimes it just molds and loses…
Baling first-cutting hay before it's dry enough sets off heating inside the bale that can spoil feed and, in the worst case,…
Wet hay doesn't just mold. Bales put up above safe moisture can heat past 150 degrees, lose feed value, and in a…
Hay put up a few points too green keeps working after it leaves the field. Learn to read moisture, stack for airflow,…
Hay put up above safe moisture keeps heating in the stack long after you've left the field, and by July it can…
Hay that goes in the stack a few points too wet heats, molds, loses feed value, and in a bad year lights…
Hay put up a little green feels like a win in a short weather window, but bales stacked too wet heat, mold,…
Baling first-cutting hay a little too damp can cook your stack from the inside out — and start a fire weeks after…