baling cornstalks

gary in neb. · Sep 10, 2012

seen alot of cornstalks baled with netwrap, but what about twine? want to use my new holland 486 just not sure how good it will work. thoughts?

Anonymous-0 · Sep 10, 2012

I use twine on mine they'll hold together for a about a year outside not sure how long inside. I use mine for bedding the hogs and sheep.

gary in neb. · Sep 10, 2012

i was gonna use it as a feed to help my hay last longer so sounds like it might work for me.

JMS/.MN · Sep 10, 2012

Works great to over winter stock cows, just add a bit of grain, molasses, or soybean meal for energy and protein to keep them in good shape. Used as bedding for fattening cattle, they get a lot out of it too. Used to feed steers on a shelled corn and DoBoy protein pellet program, and steers chewed a lot of bedding too. Good source of roughage to keep the gut working.

paul · Sep 10, 2012

Yup. Chain & bar baler, it should go pretty good for you. Stalks are miserable to bale tho....

--->Paul

rrlund · Sep 10, 2012

I use twine. Plastic twine by the way,doesn't work worth a darned. Freezes in and then you've got a mess of plastic in the manure.

Allan in NE · Sep 11, 2012

Run a wire around 'em and turn out the cows. They'll clean the stalks clear down to the dirt.

Allan

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