Plants that are cut and baled for hay tend to lose some of their vitamins and protein if they become too mature or dry. The challenge in making hay is to cut it at proper stage of maturity (while ...

When forages are baled at moisture levels of greater than 20%, the right environment is provided for the growth and multiplication of mesophilic (warm temperature) bacteria found in forage crops.

Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay. There is a great misconception that once hay is “dry” and baled it is plain and devoid of ...

Fifteen percent more straw land has been baled this harvest than in 2017, according to a survey of more than 32,000ha of cereal and oilseed rape land by Savills. The east of England and Scotland ...

Baled silage is now made on two-thirds of all farms in Ireland, and accounts for one third of all silage made according to Teagasc research. It is particularly prevalent as the primary silage-making ...

Baled biomass enables gasifiers and other plants with strict feedstock requirements to process the biomass once to meet their required specification on-site, thus reducing overall processing costs.

THIS winter’s feed requirements are already on the agenda as silage cutting begins in earnest. A reserve of extra silage will give security for the coming year whatever the weather is like. Plans ...

Ambala DDA Girish Nagpal with sarpanches and farmers of Bara and Ugara villages on Tuesday, to see stocking of baled paddy straw. Bara village Sarpanch Vikas Behgal said, “Earlier, the farmers would ...

THIS winter’s feed requirements are already on the agenda as silage cutting begins in earnest. A reserve of extra silage will give security for the coming year whatever the weather is like. Plans ...