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NWIL | I don't think there is any difference in orientation of the line, I go several directions each year.
In the last 7-8 years I've wrapped bales I've not encountered any mold that has risen to a level of concern for me, just a little white here and there. Where the differences come from tend to be moisture level and what exactly I've baled/wrapped. Drier hay has less in it, but sometimes getting the crop rolled up ahead of a toad straggler is just what has to happen and I'll take a little white mold over ending up with windrows of manure. Likewise, finer stems have less then say my first cut of sorghum sudan, simply because the baler is able to do a better job packing and likewise wrapping with fewer air gaps.
The bales get wrapped thick, and while I'll carry over a row or two an extra year if it doesn't get fed up, I don't like them to go into a second year as I feel the plastic starts degrading after a year and increasing chances of holes and air leaks.
At one time I had considered building a shed just for hay, and currently have one that I'm able to store all my 2nd/3rd cut dry alfalfa, I'm glad I didn't with the ability to now wrap bales which in turn allows me to not need nearly as much dry hay for my needs as I'm able to utilize triticale, sorghum sudan, and oatlage for my feed needs on much less acreage. Years like this I could easily buy all my forage needs and be money ahead, but I also remember years (which will be coming soon) where finding hay just isn't possible and if it is, you'll pay out the nose. When the cow herd starting transitioning from my dad to me, I made a promise to myself that I'll produce and be responsible for all the feed needs in house. | |
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