357 kg haylage bales ...

[bobk]

Went to a sale on Monday looking for hay , not much in but there was some nice haylage in 4 footers , just thought 357kg was heavy for that stuff , am I out of touch ?
They were well baled

 

[Still Farming]

Went to a sale on Monday looking for hay , not much in but there was some nice haylage in 4 footers , just thought 357kg was heavy for that stuff , am I out of touch ?
They were well baled

You should know if you got isobus integrated Baler or used balers under the thread 5k baler possibly?

 

[bobk]

You should know if you got isobus integrated Baler or used balers under the thread 5k baler possibly?

Steady on .

 

[bobk]

We've had 700kg silage wet shite but this is different gear , looked nice stuff

 

[M-J-G]

We bale haylage at 15 to 20% moisture they weigh around around 430 to 440kg
That's from a fixed chamber Welgar which produces a 4'3" bale.

What haylage is depends on the individual and it can be a term that's flung around casually, and bale weights likewise.
Some people class bales with 30 to 40% moisture as haylage, I would class that as silage, anything over 20% is playing it pretty fast and loose with the terminology IMO.

 

[powerontheland]

4ft What though @bobk ?? Round? 80x90? 120x70?? Lots of variables here. Also what type of grass

 

[bobk]

4ft What though @bobk ?? Round? 80x90? 120x70?? Lots of variables here. Also what type of grass

Round , belt baler I think

 

[powerontheland]

Wouldn’t be far away if its ryegrass haylage i expect.

 

[Skintagain]

I’d say they were light tbh

 

[bobk]

Wouldn’t be far away if its ryegrass haylage i expect.

My guess would be westerwolds

 

[Still Farming]

Round bales with the chopper knives in, and wet grass ,produce weight.

 

[Spencer]

Agree with above.. sound light for 4ft round of haylage

 

[Pistonbroke]

How heavy is a round bale of hay? Haylage is only a bit damper and wrapped. Is there a specific range of DM to call it haylage?

 

[M-J-G]

Round bales with the chopper knives in, and wet grass ,produce weight.

What do you expect it to be and at what DM?

 

[Kiwi Pete]

That sounds not a lot heavier than unfit hay TBH.

Just struggling to remember now but I thought 225-250 for straw, 250-280 for hay out of a Fusion. So it's maybe just unfit hay wrapped and called haylage, and maybe a low density centre to help it "ensile"