Hay Management | Hay Management Tips

An EPA registered hay preservative FRESH CUT® brand Plus Liquid Hay Preservative is a mold inhibitor that helps reduce heating and deterioration of hay.

Kemin offers extensive technical support for its products. Whether it’s the literature available for reading on this website or the field support from our Key Account Managers, you get the information you need to properly use our products and to help improve your hay production.

Here are a few tips for managing your hay:

• The production of hay with high feeding value and good visual appearance is dependent upon drying conditions while cut hay is in a windrow.  To learn more about the right moisture at which to bale hay, click here.
• Accurately determine the moisture level in your alfalfa hay during the last stretch of drying before baling involves knowing whether to measure dew moisture or stem moisture.  To learn more about which moisture to check before baling hay, click here.
• Reducing the heat units generated in storage of hay baled at high moisture can increase the nutritive value of the hay and improve the visual appearance of bales.  To learn more about reducing heat unite, click here.
• Producers depend on high quality nutrients to deliver animal performance. To learn more about retaining the nutrient content of baled hay, click here.