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Best Hay Preservative ....(apart from sun )
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<blockquote data-quote="cows sh#t me to tears" data-source="post: 7607148" data-attributes="member: 44958"><p>Plenty of people be it here or anywhere in the world shouldn't be let loose on a baler. Any fool can put string around something and call it hay. Like most things in agriculture, it takes years of experience to do something right.... </p><p>And not being rude, but clearly you didnt read my post. Droughted wheaten hay IS THE most deceptive hay to bale. Like I said, it will be high in sugar as it hasn't used all its energy on a stem and a bulk of leaf. Generally the head will be in the boot . As it needs to be cut early to actually make it worth while doing. In the majority of cases it will be cut with a header using a 40 foot Draper front. So it wont be conditioned (remember, it's being cut for hay for a reason.....I'm talking an actual drought here). </p><p>Last drought spring we had I baled 250 ac of wheaten hay next door. It had been sprayed with roundup to control ryegrass in the crop prior to cutting as well. They did use a mower conditioner instead of a 40' header front and it still took 3 weeks to cure in the heat with NO rain. And even then the flag leaf that was in the stem still was STILL moist when I baled it. So I used acid on the whole lot. Cheap insurance compared to a 100k hay shed plus the loss of hay as well at $400/ t during the drought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cows sh#t me to tears, post: 7607148, member: 44958"] Plenty of people be it here or anywhere in the world shouldn't be let loose on a baler. Any fool can put string around something and call it hay. Like most things in agriculture, it takes years of experience to do something right.... And not being rude, but clearly you didnt read my post. Droughted wheaten hay IS THE most deceptive hay to bale. Like I said, it will be high in sugar as it hasn't used all its energy on a stem and a bulk of leaf. Generally the head will be in the boot . As it needs to be cut early to actually make it worth while doing. In the majority of cases it will be cut with a header using a 40 foot Draper front. So it wont be conditioned (remember, it's being cut for hay for a reason.....I'm talking an actual drought here). Last drought spring we had I baled 250 ac of wheaten hay next door. It had been sprayed with roundup to control ryegrass in the crop prior to cutting as well. They did use a mower conditioner instead of a 40' header front and it still took 3 weeks to cure in the heat with NO rain. And even then the flag leaf that was in the stem still was STILL moist when I baled it. So I used acid on the whole lot. Cheap insurance compared to a 100k hay shed plus the loss of hay as well at $400/ t during the drought. [/QUOTE]
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