[AT] OT Hay question

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Well we had problems baling. We ran 2 windrows and only sucessfully made 2 
bales. The press is not tying right. We have isolated the problem and 
making the adjustment. I had to leave for Mariposa so we probably won't 
bale untill next week.

The hay is beautiful. It's just perfect for baling. Its bright colored and 
kind of limp and has a wonderful aroma. As I have said we have a cool 
climate here and curing takes place in slow motion and is very 
controlable. This hay sat in the swath for 5 days and has been more than a 
week in the windrow. We are getting wet fogs now and the hay on the top of 
the windrow is turning black. I made good big windrows so it ends up being 
only a small percentage of the hay in the bale. This is where a windrow is 
better than a swather row. Some people think salt is deposited in the hay 
by the fog.

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, charlie hill wrote:

> Hi Ralph,  I'm aware of the problems with rain on hay.  The coastal bermuda 
> they grow here for horse hay is generally considered ruined if it gets rained 
> on at all.  During hay season we generally have high 80 to mid 90 deg temps 
> with humidity anywhere from 60 to 95%  and frequent thunderstorms. There is a 
> lot of hay lost here from rain.  Makes me wonder why the guys around here 
> aren't using mower-conditioners.  Or maybe some of them are and I just don't 
> know about it.
>
> Charlie
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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>> 
>>> Just from observation those mower/conditioners look like the way to go but 
>>> I always wondered if squeezing the juice out of the hay affects protien 
>>> level and quality?
>>> 
>>> Charlie
>> Hi CHarlie
>> I wouldn't know how the crimping affects the protein levels of the hay but 
>> it does generally result in better quality hay simply for the fact that we 
>> can bale it sooner. Less time in the windrow and chances of getting rained 
>> on. Hay loses quite a bit of quality when it gets rained on.
>> I just spent another afternoon on the sp swather cutting hay. Really nice 
>> crop here this year after all the snow and rain. It was pretty slow going 
>> mainly because of the terrible rough ground. Moles can sure ruin a hay 
>> field.
>> 
>> Ralph in Sask.
>> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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