With the discussion about wrapped bales of dry hay, I took a couple pictures as I put two wrapped bales in feeders for a cow group this afternoon. This is not really the best wrapping can do because these bales sat out a month or more between baleing and wrapping.

My goal for several years has been to get the bales from my hay supplier as they are baled and get them wrapped before they get a rain or sit on wet ground for long. Never quite manage to do that as it is usually about the same time as Dakotafest or Farm Progress or Big Iron or....

But even though the outside had lost its green color, right under the surface of the bale these dense 6ft dia bales were as green as the day they were baled with essentially zero mold even on the bottom.

Here are some pictures. A couple heifers just couldn't wait until I put the bale in the feeder! While I was winding up the netwrap/plastic and stuffing it in my rock box they just decided it was chow time.

Jim

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