Posted by showcrop on August 13, 2019 at 04:37:39 from (75.68.37.174):
This second cut hay was actually picked up in the field by one of my horse customers. It had been down for less than 24 hours when an unpredicted front came through with brief pop-up showers. When I went Sunday AM to tedd it, I found moisture well down into the hay, but very little moisture in the blades or stems of the grass. After five hours under bright sun I raked it, and then tedded the outer two windrows out again. Mon. AM I tipped the windrows and around 2:00 went and pressed it. This hay was supposed to go to two VERY LONG TERM horse customers. One is fairly fussy, so I called her in the morning and she told me that "Oh, I can't take a chance on that". Early in my 35 years of haying I had probably 300 bales worth get rained on in early June. I went to my dairy farmer mentor and he just told me flatly "It won't hurt it". We actually got it tested and found only around 10% nutrient loss. The big problem is that there is a pervasive belief, especially among horse people, that despite the haymaker's ability to bring standing crop with 80% moisture down to 16% before baling, that if it gets rained on we are not able to get it dry again if it gets rained on. As I was baling the hay it was looking so good that I decided that I needed to take a bale to the customer and show her how good it could be despite being rained on. She was favorably impressed and texted me later to tell me that her horse liked it. I took a pic of the bale to post here before I delivered it, because I though that it could provoke a little thought. The main point here is that early cut hay has much more nutrient value than late cut hay, so even though 10% may be lost to the rain, the nutrient value can still be far higher than late cut hay.
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