Why do farmers keep bales of hay out in the fields?

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Why not let them dry out inside a barn? I’d imagine leaving them out, exposed to the elements, would allow for a higher likelihood of fodder becoming mouldy?

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In addition to all of the other responses, I was told as a kid that frequently landowners grow and bale hay on the land and then leave it there to rot, because they have no use for it but if they “use” the land it’s a tax write-off. Coming from the land of much generational wealth and inheritance, it makes a lot of sense to me.

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