round bales vs. square bales

[Duffster]

Not really because you are looking two to four seasons down the road for T.D.N. for the ruminants and the values are never the same because of inflation.

Hay made into mini-bales reduces spoilage and controls the volume with no
variations. the bale is wrapped and sealed and then flipped on its end to store it.

You can make a lot of dryed, very dense, round mini bales and wrap them with plastic and use preservative and they become a silo that is dry and does not leak or allow moisture damage.

you could set up a feedrr to use one mini bale per animal and you have the advantage of knowing how many bales you have fed out and one bale bper animal allows you know immediatly how much feed you are using every day.

The light wieght of the mini balers allows you harvest hay that was cut and late from rain and dryed on the hay that is still growing with small tractors to avoid problems with tractors that are to heavy.

The use of a mini bailer allows the baling of hay on wet ground with lighter sub compact tractors and haying equipment cutting small sections of hay and baling it quickly as you are working an drying hay in a very dense area of work and you will not lose any of the hay either.

it will take you a bit longer but you will be able to get the hay off the wet ground and not lose it and also have the advantage of using a sub compact tractor and avoiding issues dealing with wet ground as the pounds per square inch of the smaller machine and a sub compact with 4 wheel drive will win the job and save T.D. N., AND you avoid using a chain saw to get to good feed if there is any left in the big round or square bale if it is frozen.




dont forget a cylinder has more volume area than a rectangular cube.

Maybe I misunderstood your response or vice versa.

Obviously there are differences between dry hay and baleage but there are no differences between round and square for the following:

a. maintain the hay crop with weed killers , fertilizer, insect control, forage
testing.

b. at harvest its the decision on how many crops may be taken during the
season which is dependent on the crop itself and how the crop is
responding to the weather with regard to drought or excess rain
affecting the crop and flooding/drowning the roots.


c. the time required to- cut, windrow, and bale the crop and transport it to
storage and store it, adding more time when the crop is rained on and
has to be tedded to dry it.

d. I dont remember what the recommended moisture percentage is for
baling "dry" haylage.

2. every time hay is left too long for baling it loses food value; T.D.N. for
any ruminant animal.

3. hay should be stored under cover if the hay is not wrapped or tarped
with good tarps and tarp anchors. white bale wrap reduces the in bale
temperature and reduces damage from mice and rats.

4. the use of feeders reduces the trampling of good hay and the loss from
being trampled by the animals.

6. feeding schedules depend on the breed of the ruminant, number of
milkings per day, animal numbers-meaning head count.

The OP is asking the difference between small and round, not dry vs. baleage.

What is your idea of mini rounds anyway?

 

[SPYDERLK]

7.Sheep waste a lot of round bales too without feeders. My sisters will climb on top of a bale and eat while urinating on the hay. They won't eat the hay that is soiled.

The animals should suffer consequences for this. Less food ... or perhaps electricity.
larry

 

[leonz]

Maybe I misunderstood your response or vice versa.

Obviously there are differences between dry hay and baleage but there are no differences between round and square for the following:



The OP is asking the difference between small and round, not dry vs. baleage.

What is your idea of mini rounds anyway?

30-65 pounds-

The Wolagri mini balers with and without bale wrappers, and the Caeb mini balers, both are of italian manufacture and imported here.