ELLA, Iowa, September 13, 2011 â Two state-of-the-art bale-wrapping systems, designed to help producers turn silage bales into individually wrapped high-nutrition silage packages, were introduced ...

Silostop technical adviser Tom Chamberlain, from the UK, who was in Australia this month to speak at the Australian Fodder Industry Association conference, said the wrap was invented about 10 years ...

Most everyone in the livestock business agrees that using plastic for baled forage is a great tool that benefits both the farmer and livestock. However, proper disposal of the plastic after it has ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - At first glance, some Indiana hay fields appear to be growing giant marshmallows. Although from a distance the white objects look like they belong in the world's largest s'more, ...

And rain and cold weather are hampering the ability to cut hay and silage for many across Victoria, which could result in quality issues. Hay contractor, Gary Taylor of West Wimmera Baling at Nhill, ...

Conserving multispecies swards as hay instead of silage has cut losses from spoilage and saved wrapping and disposal costs for Sam Pearman’s outwintered suckler cows on a bale-grazing system. See also ...

If you have any experience making hay, you’re aware of the challenges of doing so. For dry hay producers, stringing together a few good days to bale is difficult, and those ensiling haylage are faced ...