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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We don’t leave our hay out, really. It’s not about drying, we don’t bale until the hay is dry. You don’t wanna bale wet hay. By the time we are all finished on a field, I reckon the bales have been out for long enough for heat to not be a problem, as other commenters have said.

So by the time we are done baling, we immediately start moving hay bales starting from where we began and working out to where we ended on the field.

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