green wrap or black?

[onesiedale]

which is best for haylage/silage?

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

which is best for haylage/silage?

Normally the cheapest!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Never found there to be to any difference as long as applying 6 layers

 

[Yale]

Wouldn’t worry about it, they say green keeps cooler but how much difference it makes is down to marketing spin.

 

[Willie adie]

We changed from black to white 3 yrs ago and the difference In quality was startling,
Far less mould and waste, not nearly as much bird damage,

 

[Mc115reed]

I prefer green… think black attracts the insects more which then in turn attracts the birds

 

[Deereone]

Lighter colours are less prone to bird damage.

 

[Henarar]

Wouldn’t worry about it, they say green keeps cooler but how much difference it makes is down to marketing spin.

Volac wrap rep told me years ago that we don't get enough sunshine in this country to make any difference

 

[Henarar]

which is best for haylage/silage?

Black

 

[BrianV]

I was always of the opinion that green becomes almost transparent allowing birds to see what’s inside making pecking far worse or at least that’s been our experience

 

[wdah/him]

If I think bales will be over a year kept I use green. Mostly for first cut. Black for second. Just helps to not get a secondary fermentation. Place I baled Saturday have 2 year old black in piles of sh1t but the three year old green was still reasonable shape. Last years was stilling as if made last week in green wrap. I have baled the same fields for this person for 20 years. So know what was used.

 

[onesiedale]

green it is then

 

[Boohoo]

I use green for haylage and black for silage. Our silage is usually used within 8 or 9 months but haylage could be stored for up to 2 years depending upon supply and demand. Green definitely stays cooler when our annual day of summer arrives...

 

[Man_in_black]

We've always had black with no bother from birds. Have a mix this year black and green, see how it goes.

 

[mixedfmr]

which is best for haylage/silage?

Contractor says Black for damper and Green for haylage, most of his work is extra dry or catch crop hay for horses

We changed from black to white 3 yrs ago and the difference In quality was startling,
Far less mould and waste, not nearly as much bird damage,

Changed from Green to Black last year and it was a big improvement, BUT changed from round to square and i would not go back, waste reduced by 99%,
Instead of a whole bale turning to muck , due to winter / damage, just a small part, all down to square bale for me

 

[DrDunc]

Both

Experiment last year in field next to a rookery that's (not surprisingly!) hellish for bird damage - 1/3 black, 1/3 green, 1/3 striped. Knew I had to leave them for a couple of days before time permitted getting them in....

Black ones had a few holes, green ones so bad that I re-wrapped several, striped ones didn't even have bird shyte on them

 

[Henarar]

When I have tried green or white I have found it don't stick as well as black, pink was hopeless

 

[Willie adie]

I was always of the opinion that green becomes almost transparent allowing birds to see what’s inside making pecking far worse or at least that’s been our experience

Yet we've found the opposite

 

[Henarar]

Yet we've found the opposite

You have Scottish birds, different altogether

 

[Fellsfarmer90]

Anyone been using clear wrap?