I have seen many posts and questions about moisture content in hay.
Knowing of the adverse weather events many of you in the US are experiencing I wondered what the effect would be on your hay apart from disastrous. Effectively I lost my entire hay crop in 2012 due to continuing though by the standards set in parts of the US this year only light showers, but the worst I had encountered in over 50 years. The result for me was a match to the windowed hay the next autumn so I could plant the 2013 crop of hay.
Hay preservatives are outside my experience so I decided to follow up on them. There may be a use for them here although it is a "dry hay" area. In 2012 they would have been worth a try rather than total loss.
The articles have some very good explanations of the outcomes from baling at different moisture levels.
I know that there are many variables from one location to another and the information here is not absolute, however I have read through many articles on this topic on the web from the US, the UK and from other States in Australia.
These articles put the issues into easily understood language and can provide a guide at least.
What happens when hay heats:
Haystack fires:
Hay Preservatives:
Effect of Moisture Content on Hay
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