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Dave H. (CO)

05-02-2007 15:36:38




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I have access to a lot of moldy hay for free. Is there any harm in spreading it on my weed field and disking it in for nutrients? How sensitive do I need to be when handling it? Is it at all worth the hassle?
Thanks for any advice as I"ve not dealt with this before.




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Bus Driver

05-03-2007 05:25:22




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
Goats will eat it quickly.



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David Snipes

05-03-2007 12:15:59




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Bus Driver, 05-03-2007 05:25:22  
Goats should not be fed moldy hay. It can make them sick. No hay eaating animal should be fed moldy hay, but cattle are more tolerant of the mold toxins.



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hay

05-03-2007 05:09:28




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
cattle have no problem eating it. also used for erosion control. some dirtwork contractors will pay and haul it away. useful as garden mulch if composted and orchard mulch if not composted.



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37 chief

05-02-2007 21:39:15




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
Do you have any cattle? I think they will eat the moldy hay with no problems. Stan



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old

05-02-2007 19:49:58




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
If you have a place to do it just pile it up and keep it wet, say water it every out week real good. Do that all summer and then by nexy spring dig into it and you will have some real good stuff to spread. I wouldn't spread it now but wait at least a year. Also is you can mix in manure that helps. I even knew of a guy that heated his house with piles of old hay and manure. He had some sort of pipe line running into it and pumped water through the pipe and kept his house good and warm in the winter. Big problem with doing that is you have to dig the pipe back out by hand or you will destroy it

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jdemaris

05-02-2007 19:06:34




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
I've been using the stuff for years. Not usually spreading it directly on fields though. I pile old hay, square and round bales on the end of one field. In 2-3 years it turns to some really nice black soil. Works nice for watermelon and pumpkin patches. We get a lot of bad round bales around here that don't weather the winter very well.
As far as them being dangerous? Well, what isn't? I've spread a lot of crappy, moldy hay over the past 50 years to use for grass-seeding mulch. No ill effects so far. Think there are more imminent dangers around to worry about then dusty hay.

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Weldon K

05-02-2007 19:03:58




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
Avoid breathing dust from moldy hay. Risk of health problems developing from doing so. Fertilizer value of the hay would not be worth the work and time it takes to spread it. If I have any discard hay (round bales ) it gets dumped in woods into a ravine or gulley . It rots away in a couple of summers in our warm humid climate of southeast USA.



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dds-inc

05-02-2007 17:55:53




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
If he is a really good friend, have HIM dump it on your field, because i'm telling you, it is health problems galore!



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Allan In NE

05-02-2007 17:08:58




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
If it were yours and you had to get rid of it, that would be an option. Farmers do it all the time.

However, I don't think I'd go out of my way to help someone else dispose of his junk on my field, tho. 'Taint worth the trouble.

Allan



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showcrop

05-02-2007 16:53:37




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
Don't try to burn it it would take weeks and cost a lot in fines. sell it to an excavation contractor for mulch for erosion control.



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mjbrown

05-02-2007 16:23:14




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Dave H. (CO), 05-02-2007 15:36:38  
NOT worth the hassle! Dangerous to your health too I suppose. It's not good for livestock to breath I doubt it will do you any good either. Mold causes farmers lung. If it's outside, burn it.



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Ken Macfarlane

05-03-2007 05:02:58




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to mjbrown, 05-02-2007 16:23:14  
just pile it up for a few years and it won't pump mold spores all over teh place. Spread in wet weather. Make nice black soil and takes a lot less time after the pile has shrunk a couple of years.

A full wagon load reduces to a small manure spreader load.



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Dave H. (CO)

05-03-2007 08:14:53




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 Re: moldy hay disposal in reply to Ken Macfarlane, 05-03-2007 05:02:58  
Thanks for the free advice. I probably won't mess with it since it doesn't sound like it's going to add much fertilizer to the ground, and I don't feel like dealing with the possible bad effects.



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