Occasionally I'll find a few dusty bales, more so when we used a sickle mower, not so much with the mower conditioner. Also using a baler mounted moisture meter so we can monitor humidity as we bale has been a huge help. In addition, we have a propionic acid applicator locked and loaded for insurance too. So we are armed with the tools to reasonably monitor hay as we bale it....
However, what I don't want to do is, for whatever reason, sell hay the day we bale it, in fear that there could be potential for dust and I'm faced with a refund and the logistics of retrieving the hay. My thought is - if you really want the hay the day I bale, there is no warranty, but I'll give you a discount for saving me the trouble of loading it in the barn. Worse than that is the hay heats up and sets someone's barn on fire if I don't hold it for a time.
So what is the window for dust? What is the window for temperature stabilization? If I hold the hay for a month, find zero dust, is there potential the hay will dust up or heat a month after that and I'm faced with a refund and the logistics of retrieving the hay or paying for new barn? Also - you hold the hay for a month, it sells, temperature is very stable and no dust present - three months later the customer calls and says the hay is dusty and they want a refund. At what point in time do you call BS? Maybe they let the hay get some sprinkles of rain, they are storing it in a unbreathable, humid metal building or it's just someone else's hay? Where do you draw the line from it's my dust to it's your dust?
Hold the hay, sell it the day you make it, limited or lifetime warranty on dust? What do you do?
Thanks,
Bill
Dust, Heat and Square Bales
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