Re: floods and hay

[Lester_R_VOUGH@umail.umd.edu (lv14)]

Gary,

In response to several of the questions that you asked, I expect that the
impact on humans handling the hay would be primarily the misery of the
job--bales will probably have to be broken simply to lift and move them.  I
would not expect spontaneous combustion to be a problem with the soaked hay
because it will be too wet to burn.  Mold and rot of the soaked hay will be
inevitable.  Whether or not it can be fed will be dependent upon how much
silt and dirt was in the water and how far into the stack they penetrated.
Any dry hay on the stack should be moved off the wet hay immediately as the
moisture will continue to wick up through the stack.  I know of situations
where dry hay was stacked on top of damp hay treated with propionic acid and
the dry hay (untreated) was lost from moisture movement up through the
stack.  So I would suggest moving the dry hay as soon as possible to another
dry location.  I don't think that there is much that can be done to salvage
the wet hay.


Lester R. VOUGH
Forage Crops Extension Specialist
Dept.of Agronomy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-5821

Email:Lester_R_VOUGH@umail.umd.edu (lv14)
Phone:301-405-1322
FAX:301-314-9041

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