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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the reason is actually terrifying.

when hay dries, it also heats up. if you just stick all the hay in the barn immediately (or in too big of piles) they do actually [light themselves on fire](https://youtu.be/jO5W25csxGo).

so its safer to let them dry out in a field away from each other rather than all together

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