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Description: After the hay has dried sufficiently, the swaths are consolidated into windrows sized to fit the pickup of a chopper or baler (e.g., NAL #3424, #3470, and #3471). For dry hay, to optimize retention of the nutrient rich leaves on the stems, the hay is windrowed before it has completed drying. Implements such as those in NAL #4863 through #4867 consolidate hay into a windrow where it remains until it has dry matter content adequate for ensiling or baling. Some other mowers such as those illustrated in NAL #4861 and #4862 funnel newly cut hay into a windrow as it exits the implement. While these types of equipment reduce the number of passes required to harvest the forage, because hay in this windrow is thicker than hay in a swath, more drying time is required thereby increasing the risk of damage from precipitation. When precipitation occurs before harvesting has been completed, often the windrow must be turned over with a second windrowing to complete drying. Alternatively, this tedder loosens hay in the windrow. Unfortunately, some leaves are lost as a result of the either the second windrowing or the tedding.

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