2023年8月28日 · Baled silage, or “baleage,” is an excellent method for forage harvest, storage, and feed efficiency. Conserving forage as baleage enables harvests to be performed on a timely basis, allowing harvests to capture higher quality forage. This publication focuses on common questions about making and feeding baleage.

Baleage is a practical method to harvest and store either wet hay (25 to 50% moisture) or to make haylage (50 to 70% moisture). If the harvested forage is less than 50% moisture, preservation is primarily by maintenance of

Baleage is a fermented forage produced at a higher moisture content than dry hay. Careful steps are needed to ensure the forage is produced in a way that preserves its quality.

Baled silage, or “baleage,” is an excellent method for forage harvest, storage, and feed eficiency. This publication focuses on common questions about baleage. Together with AGR-173: Baling Forage Crops for Silage, this information will help pro-ducers better understand the production and use of baleage as livestock feed.

2020年12月31日 · Implementing a baleage system takes consideration and planning. Producers need to weigh the benefits, challenges, and costs to optimize their forage production and livestock feeding operations. Baleage does have additional costs associate with it—including a wrapper, plastic, and plastic disposal.

2018年9月21日 · Baleage is a stored feed that should address a time of supplemental nutrient demand in your beef cattle herd. It is important to consider if making baleage can reduce the need for supplemental feeds by harvesting and storing high-quality forage.

2019年6月18日 · According to Dr. Wayne Coblentz, from the USDA Dairy Forage Research Center in Marshfield, Wisconsin, making baleage is different in some significant ways than other forage harvesting practices and farmers need to understand those differences if they are to make better quality forage from baleage.

2023年3月17日 · Baleage is a bale of hay put up wet and then wrapped wrapping within the first 12-24 hours in plastic. Baleage is partially dried forage, preferably 45-55 percent moisture, which is baled and wrapped with at least 6 layers of 1 mil plastic.

2015年6月22日 · Dry hay stored outside, especially in high-humidity environments, can experience 20% to 30% losses** in just eight months. With high-moisture baleage, there’s less shrink. It’s a higher quality, higher protein feed that’s a lot more palatable. And that doesn’t even factor in the dry hay your cows refuse.

2018年4月1日 · Whether you call it haylage, baleage or baled silage, there’s a lot about high-moisture baled hay that makes it a nutritious livestock feed. Here are a few common questions and answers on baleage, ranging from its feed value to its management and how producers can economically produce the high-value feedstock.