Drying — check moisture, bale when it holds 15–20%.
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Grass hay
Cut at heading. Now curing in the field — moisture is the only gate left to clear.
The three gates
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Maturity
Cut at heading.
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Weather
Dry through the window — good curing air.
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Moisture
~42% and dropping. Bale target 15–20%.
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The call
Down and curing in the dry air. Windrows are running around 42% — not baleable yet; you want 15–20% so the bales don’t heat or mold. With the warm, dry stretch holding it should reach target soon. Check moisture mid-afternoon and bale if it holds under 20%.