Re: Baleage?

Posted by Nebraska Cowman on July 29, 2006 at 15:55:48 from (65.169.97.206):

In Reply to: Baleage? posted by 186hydro on July 29, 2006 at 15:23:27:

I did a little surfing and altough bale silage is much touted for being an easy way to put up extra feed it seems they avoid talking about ever feeding the stuff. There are machines made to tear up baless but I doubt you will find one that would fit in your barn. So I am thinking. I'd say your best chance would be to tear up the bale outside using a frontend loader equiped with grapple fork. I don't suppose the junk will just unroll on the ground? Then you could carry it inside and feed by hand. the other choice would be to use a tub grinder to prossess it outside and then handle as conventional silage. But I would think the extra expense would be prohibitive. Your other chance would be to turn the cows out and feed it in bale feeders but unless you have concrete to feed on that could turn into a muddy mess in a hurry and I don't suppose ypou want to turn them out anyway. Maybe you should try to sell your balage (or give it away and write it off your taxes) then buy back good feed? Oops, I didn't mean bad feed, I'm sure the feed is very good, just not well suited to your operation. I would be more than happy to feed it to my cows and sure would have no problem with mud. But then I don't have any hay to trade you. I cut just a few bales of 1st crop and the 2nd alfalfa I am leaving for seed as it never got tall enough to make a windrow. There is no grass hay. And my corn is knee high and dead.

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