How long is Baleage good for?

In general, forages baled at 40-60% moisture will maintain feed value for about 12 months as long as the integrity of the plastic is maintained. However, even where the forage was baled at the appropriate moisture level and the plastic has minimal holes, it is good practice to feed baleage bales within 9 months.

Is Baleage better than hay?

It retains more food value than hay. It will help you achieve the rule of thumb of providing two-thirds of your horse’s diet in forage feed. It’s more costly than hay. Bales will be at least twice as heavy as their hay equivalents.

What is Baleage hay?

Baleage involves baling forage with 50 to 65 % moisture content, then wrapping the bales in plastic to create an air tight environment. This reduces the weather risk producers commonly face while waiting for the forage to field cure and harvest.

Can horses eat Baleage?

Although baleage, haylage and silage can be fed to horses, it should be done with caution. Baleage, haylage and silage can be very nutrient dense and contains microbes and potential probiotics that can affect the gastrointestinal microbe population.

Is Baleage heating for horses?

The sugar in ensiled forage is changed to volatile fatty acids, so can be useful in sugar-sensitive horses. Baleage contains a lot of water (around 50%) which can help maintain hydration as well, which is important in regions where water butts can become iced over. The next issue is creating warmth.

How soon can you feed new haylage?

Haylage needs to ferment, so it should not be fed straight after being baled and wrapped. The amount of time it takes to ‘cure’ is variable depending on the moisture and WSC content of the grass when it was wrapped, but a good guide is 6 weeks.

What is the difference between silage and baleage?

silage = grass cut, thenimmediatedly carried off to a hole in the ground, covered in plastic wrap and tyres to ferment into a grassy saurkraut for cows. baleage/haylage = grass cut and left to wilt for a few hours then baled and wrapped in plastic.

How do you make hay Baleage?

The ideal conditions for baleage is to bale the hay between 40 to 65% moisture and wrap within 2 hours of baling. This process uses anaerobic conditions and the acids produced in fermentations to preserve hay. Baleage fermentation is slower than in haylage, often taking 6 weeks.

Are buttercups OK in haylage?

Yes third class is safe to feed, as all the toxins are no longer toxic, as I said above. It simply means that if you were paying for this haylage from a supplier, based on the content of thistles and buttercups you would pay considerably less for it.

How long can you leave haylage before wrapping?

Hay is baled when it contains 65-80% dry matter in comparison to haylage at 45-50% dry matter, and the dry matter level when baled can also vary depending on the size and shape of the bales. Once haylage is baled it needs to be wrapped within 4-6 hours to avoid unnecessary degradation.

Is haylage better than silage?

‘Feed quality indifference’ When asked about a possible difference in feed quality between silage and haylage, Mahon replied: “There is no difference. “If a grass sward was grazed and closed in April, and cut in late-May, haylage can be just as good as silage in terms of feeding quality,” Mahon said.

Does haylage go off?

Typically we find that our haylage when at 80% dry matter will last just over a week once opened. Once baled the grass starts to ferment and pickle. At the end of the fermentation process you should have a stable forage which keeps for at least a year as long as the bag or wrapping remains fully intact.

How old was Bale when he made his debut for Southampton?

On 17 April 2006, at the age of 16 years and 275 days, Bale became the second youngest player ever to play for Southampton (after Theo Walcott, who was 132 days younger) when he made his debut in the Saints’ 2–0 victory against Millwall. On 6 August, Bale scored his first league goal, a free kick, to level the score at 1–1 against Derby County.

What kind of football player is Gareth Bale?

Gareth Frank Bale was born on 016 July 1989 is an American former professional football player who plays as a winger for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career at Southampton, playing at left-back and earning acclaim as a free-kick specialist.

How big of a bale does it take to spoil?

Larger bales have less exposed surface as a percentage of total feed in the bale. A round bale six feet in diameter will have 20 percent spoilage if the outer four inches of the circumference is weathered. A five-foot bale will have 25 percent spoilage with a similar depth of weather damage around its circumference.

How does the formation of a bale take place?

In one chamber, formation of a new bale begins while a bale is being wrapped, tied and ejected from the second chamber. All of these operations occur without stopping the forward travel of the tractor.