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Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot | No, the hay in the first picture had just been baled. The usual protocol is to bale in the night or morning, stack in the field with a balewagon and after lunch we start trucking to a barn. The hay is never in a bale outside for more than a few hours. Some guys have barns on the edge of the field, which elimates one short haul and an extra handling step, but due to crop rotation, landowners, etc it often gets trucked to storage. The hay in the second picture had just come out of a barn, the outsides get bleached a little but as long as they are dry they are fine. We use pole barns to store all hay. A few guys tarp, and some lots of hay for beef cows (local) gets stacked outside. No sides on most barns, it doesn't really rain here enough to make them neccessary. They are nice, but not needed for most markets.
Here is a picture of hay stacked in a barn, you can see the color difference from the outside edge getting bleached. Also a picture of barns.
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