Wrapping a silage bale - GIF

**Altair** · Sep 11, 2021, 08:14 AM

Wrapping a silage bale.

Previously:

Silage harvesting - GIF
Pallet wrapping machine - GIF
Wrapping a pallet of paving bricks - GIF
Water tank wrapping machine - GIF

**Fast.Eddie** · Sep 11, 2021, 04:40 PM

I can't imagine doing that by hand.

**schuylergrace** · Sep 12, 2021, 09:58 PM

I've never seen silage baled before! Back home in Georgia the farmers had their own silage pits and would just pull it out, one scoop at a time, with a front end loader and give it directly to the animals. How big is that, I wonder, and why would you bale it? I just went out and Googled "silage baler" and discovered that's fresh, raw silage they are baling, and it ferments in the package. I still don't see benefits that outweigh having a silage pit, though.

**Tooler2** · Sep 28, 2021, 05:36 PM

It allows hay to be cut one day and baled the next instead of needing 4 or 5 days of good weather. I aim to bale dry hay but have a wrapper incase the weather changes and rain is coming, It makes very high quality feed with zero waste un like a silo where a minimum amount must be fed daily to keep ahead of spoilage from contact with air.

**schuylergrace** · Sep 28, 2021, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Tooler2

It allows hay to be cut one day and baled the next instead of needing 4 or 5 days of good weather. I aim to bale dry hay but have a wrapper incase the weather changes and rain is coming, It makes very high quality feed with zero waste un like a silo where a minimum amount must be fed daily to keep ahead of spoilage from contact with air.

Wow! I would have thought green hay wrapped like that would be a case of spontaneous combustion waiting to happen. I guess there's no oxygen, but it might get kinda hot in there. The dairy farmers around us grew silage crops--corn, millet, winter rye, and such--which they chopped and fermented to feed the cows, along with hay. Thanks for clearing up that mystery for me!