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"Sometimes even if you have good cured hay, and you have a leaky roof, and heavy rain, the water comes in and gets in the hay, and that can also start the spontaneous combustion process all over again," Loveman says. "And you again have that danger of the hay igniting."
The above quote is from the article. I am not certain I agree with the comment. This was discussed at a hay meeting I once attended. The speaker said it was a common misconception and one usually made by a member of the press who did not understand the moisture inside a bale caused the fire components, not external moisture after a bale was cured and stored.

Good article none the less. It is all member's worst nightmare.
 
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