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Humidity, Hay Moisture & Harvest Management
Paul Brown Extension Specialist, Biometeorology
University of Arizona
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Desert Southwest
• Alfalfa Growing Season – Intense Sunlight – High Temperatures – Low Humidity – Winds?
• Harvest Challenges – High Drying Rates – Low Moisture Hay
• Leaf Loss • RehydraJon Challenge • Night Hay OperaJons
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Losses During Haymaking Accelerate With Lower Moisture Hay
EsJmated Harvest Losses of 20-‐25%
From PiT, 1979; HundtoY, 1965; Rotz, 1989
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Humidity & Hay Moisture
• Equilibrium Moisture – Hay Placed in Constant
Humidity Environments – Allowed to Equilibrate – Measure Moisture
Content • Purpose
– Storage CondiJons – Quality – Trade
-‐ Moisture increases with humidity -‐ Moisture decreases with temperature
Source: PiT, 1990; Hill et al., 1976
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Relevance to Arizona Hay
-‐Lab tesJng indicates good agreement -‐Leaves & stems similar -‐Low humidity extension
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Moisture, %
RelaJve Humidity, %
95 F
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Baling Moisture
AZ Baling Moisture Range
RH: ~50-‐70%
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The Challenge!
Baling Moisture
-‐ Maximum rela6ve humidity barely makes this range in May & June -‐ Some nights this humidity range is not a@ained
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RelaJve Humidity
68°F 86°F 104°F
2.34 kPa
4.24 kPa
7.37 kPa SaturaJon level of air varies with temperature.
1.64 kPa 1.64 kPa 1.64 kPa 70% 39% 22%
Air water content changes minimally during most days.
RelaJve Humidity: relaJve saturaJon level
Sunrise 10 am/pm 3 pm
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Hay Meteorology: Night
Cool Temperatures Higher RelaJve Humidity
Warmer Temperatures Lower RelaJve Humidity
Slow Moisture Movement
Windrow
Winds Transport Limited Moisture From Surface
RH ~60-‐70% Good Baling
Inversion
Slow Moisture Movement
Surface Cools Due RadiaJve Loss
RH~50%
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Wind: The Great Evil!
Slow Moisture Movement
Windrow
Surface Cools Due RadiaJve Loss
Winds Transport Limited Moisture From Surface Low Hay Moisture Poor Baling
Slow Moisture Movement
Wind mixes warmer and drier air aloft down to the surface replacing the cooler, moist air. This leads to high surface temperatures and lower surface relative humidity and much drier hay.
Wind
Warm
, Dry Cool, M
oist
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Does This Really Happen??
Wind
Windrow
Temperature & Humidity At 5’ & in Windrow
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How Fast Can Hay Respond to Change in Humidity?
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Hay Moisture, %
Time, Minutes
Leaves Stems
Oven Dried Hay Transferred to Environment With 75% RelaJve Humidity
-‐-‐Leaf Moisture Increased to 10% in ~35 Minutes -‐-‐Stem Moisture Increased to 10% in ~75 Minutes
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Can We Measure This in Field??
• Hay Scales • Screen Trays • Load Cells • Weather Sensors • Data Logger
• Constant Output • Weight • Temperature • Humidity • Wind (If Required)
Small Capacity Hay Scale
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Output From Scales September CuAng, Harquahala, AZ
-‐Rapid drying during dayJme -‐RehydraJon at night
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A Closer Look at Night RehydraIon
Hay moisture responds rather quickly to change in humidity at night
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Peak Overnight Hay Moisture
45-‐60%
Similar to Equilibrium Moisture Curve if some form of humidity averaging is used.
AZ Baling Range
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Self Humidifica6on
Component Moisture Humidity
Leaves 18% 47%
Stems 64% 92%
Hay Moisture: ~40%
Early in dry down process, slower drying stems will humidify swath/leaves at night. Raking in early morning may produce less leaf loss.
Rake Above 40%
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Possible Management OpJons
• Humidity Monitoring • When to Bale
• Cultural PracJces • Soil Moisture • Windrow Management
• ArJficial HumidificaJon • Light Water ApplicaJons • Steam System
Early Windrow Steam System
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Portable Humidity Monitors Remote Field Assessment
• Humidity Sensor • Datalogger • Cell Phone • Alerts/Alarms – At Selected Humidity – Calls/Texts
Spectrum Technologies
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Soil Moisture/IrrigaJon Management
-‐ Water vapor escaping from soil helps humidify near surface atmosphere. -‐ Adjust irrigaJon prior to cunng and achieve measureable improvement in humidity?
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Humidity Profile Near Surface at Night
Standard Measurement Height RelaJve Humidity = ~55%
Surface to 1’ Above Ground RelaJve Humidity = 70-‐82%
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Windrow Structure
Moisture Movement
Windrow
Moisture Movement
Warm, Dry
Cool, Moist
Windrow
Short & wide during dry season Tall & skinny during the weTer season
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ArJficial HumidificaJon Spraying Water on Windrow
• Water ApplicaJon – CA: 40-‐50 Gal/A – AZ: 50 Gal/A – UT: 2-‐4 Gal/100’
• Lag Time for Baling – 5-‐30 Minutes
• Moisture PenetraJon • Humidity & Wind • Time of Day
– Manual Assessment
From: Anderson & Mikelsen, 1973. Spraying Alfalfa With Water Before Baling to Minimize Harvest Losses. Agronomy Journal
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ArJficial HumidificaJon
• Steam InjecJon – Humidify Hay
• Baling Period – Flexible/Longer – Eliminates Balers
• Improves Quality – Reduce Leaf Loss – Higher RFV
• Expensive
Steamer
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Concluding Comments
• Humidity vs Hay Moisture • Equilibrium Moisture Curves are Relevant • More Field & Lab Work Required
– To Fully Understand RelaJonship
• Hay Management vs Humidity • Just Genng Started • Field Monitors
– RH~50% @ Ground Level • Cultural PracJces
– Do They Work? – Can They Be Implemented?