I've had the unfortunate experience of doing that, hill side fields, facing sun, but has some springs, that run when rains are plentiful, though not as saturated as what you appear to be dealing with, did have some standing water, these conditions caused enough extra moisture in the hay to spoil the bales. Hay was dry, weather had been dry and mild temps for at least a week, still had bales turning, was like on the threshold of allowable moisture, was best stacked where air could circulate, makes for extra work that is for sure.
Remainder of the fields were ok, just some areas, it was thick 2nd cut, I was real careful sorting the bales, found 2 warm ones, waited the rest out, before stacking, just in case. Most were ok, but some of it turned, so I used it for mulch.
The ruts I always flattened with the loader bucket, as most if you can work from dry ground, without making more ruts or just start on one end, flatten as you move on, fill em as best can be done in one pass, the rest will settle in, if too saturated, I wait til an opportunity is there when it firms up a bit.
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