NEIADan said: (quoted from post at 04:24:36 06/19/09) I can not really speak to your exact question. But experience from almost 20 years ago I bought a wrapper for applying solid plastic to round bales. It was a Vermeer turntable unit that only covered the surface. What we found as I am sure you know that most all hay goes through a sweat. If those bales weren't through the sweat process when wrapped they would seal and spoil. This is the reason that net wrapping has been mnore successful. It allows the bale to breath without trapping moisture as well as folding all stems down tight to weather and travel better. In short baler companies all ready tried what you want to do and found that it spoils more hay than it saves. good Luck
That "spoiled" hay sells for more than hay in UK &Europe! It's called "haylage" (half way between silage & hay) & horse owners are the biggest customers. The rule of thumb is dry for one day less than you would for hay, then bale & wrap.
Most farmers here don't make hay any more (it's rare to get 5 fine days to make it in the west of UK) they bale up grass that has been cut & conditioned & wilted for just one day, then wrap it immediately. After a while you can see the bales inflate & the grass ferments to silage. :D
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