OT:Another Hay question

JayinNY · Mar 7, 2010

How many guys on here use crop saver, or acid on there balers? My father in law got it for his baler, big $$$$ thought. J

Billy NY · Mar 7, 2010

We run it on the JD sileage special, but not very often, depends on the moisture. I'm not sure at what moisture content it is applied, I believe it is safe for horses, I've never actually baled with it, too new, no experience on it yet, would be cool to learn it, he runs it off an '05 7420 JD, its a 582 baler if I recall correctly. It's amazing that the baler reads the moisture and you can apply this acid to it to prevent it from molding or whatever it does. Farthest I've got was to bring it into the field and line it up with the windrow and wait til his son gets home, darned thing sure looks complicated LOL !

How about this weather today, finally, awesome out there today, best time of the year, snow melt, sunny/clear!

JR.Fyre · Mar 7, 2010

I know every one on here will laugh when I tell
what we do: So I am ready for a beatn:
If we think we have some mouster in our hay as we stack it we will salt it down with a real thin layer of live stock salt.The salt will suck out the mouster, in making the cattle and horses drink more water. That will not hurt a thing.
NOW YOU CAN START BEATN ON ME:
JR FRYE

JayinNY · Mar 7, 2010

Yep cant beat this weather!. I used my fils JD336 small square baler with the crop saver. Its pretty simple. There are sensors you put in the bale chamber, which read the hay moisture, and sends it to a readout in the cab. You have to watch it, while baling, tilting the thrower, changing thrower distance driveing ect, alot to do. When the number is higher than you like say 17% moisture you just push a button and the cropsaver is sprayed on.
Well for I think $5000 he could have got the automatic version, sprays it on itself. lol

JayinNY · Mar 7, 2010

Notten wrong with that, they need salt anyway. It was quite common in the 50s.

Flurette Farm · Mar 7, 2010

Do it all the time if I'm in doubt.........

JMS/.MN · Mar 7, 2010

Same here, growing up and occasionally here, too. Keeps the heat down if the hay is a bit wet. Commercial preservatives are salt based.

Ric Ks. · Mar 7, 2010

A little rock salt is a great barn saver. Dont remember Dad ever putting red clover hay in the barn with out salting it.

Doug in Illinois · Mar 7, 2010

I agree with the rock salt, a few 50 lb bags are MUCH cheaper than having a hay fire or moldy hay I can't sell.

It really doesn't take much salt at all, I just grab a hand full every few small bales and fling it across them. I do set aside any small bales that are "too" heavy and make sure to put them on the TOP layer after salting them a little extra first. By winter they are about the same weight as all the rest, and just as good quality. DOUG

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