Posted by Paul in MN on January 22, 2021 at 17:48:26 from (65.128.137.8):
In Reply to: Moisture meter posted by Grandpa love on January 22, 2021 at 16:52:57:
I think you are going to need something with longer probes. Wood is much more dense than hay, so the small probes of that meter will take a measure, but with hay it is usually drier at the outside of the bale and holds moisture within the bale and within the stems of the legumes and some grasses.
For a seldom event in checking moisture content you can use a microwave oven and a gram scale. The method is simple: weigh a handful of hay (your sample) and record the weight (example 100 grams). Then put the sample into the microwave oven for maybe 30 seconds. Let it cool and weigh it again. Repeat heating and weighing until the weight does not change any more. Say the final weight is 75 grams. So the moisture lost is 25 grams. Divide 25 by 100 and you have 25% moisture... probably a bit more than you'd want in order to stack and store the hay without further drying. This same method is what we used for many years to check the moisture content of the oats we were harvesting.
P.S. Mom may be a bit uneasy with you using her kitchen microwave. I got around that by letting my son perform the deed, and he received more tolerance from her than I ever got.
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