Here’s an idea that seems to be working in Maine, so maybe it can work other places too? How about producing hay logs?
Farmers in Maine are now taking the portion of their hay fields that become degraded – - for instance, when the weather is so rainy that the nutritional value of the wet hay is reduced – - and they’re compressing the hay tightly into 4×12 logs that can be burned as fuel in fireplaces or woodstoves etc. They say the finished product has a moisture content of only 6-8 percent (wood can have 48 percent moisture) and the logs will burn for about 3 hours.
The farmers are awaiting their patent on the log-making process. They say that this renewable use of their crop may salvage as much as half of their hay to make it income-producing. You can read more about it HERE.
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