Delete and tune ya 4220. Less fuel use, no ad-blu. Mate's gen 4 is a weapon now with triples and hauling. Haven't played with krone but have with mchale and odd issue's but been damn good here in New Zealand. Great to see some one pushing the benefits of wrapped haylage/balage in the state's. Been doing it for 20yrs plus here in New Zealand. Tubewrap is a big thing here as can wrap close to 100 bales a hour with 4x3x5.5/6 ft square and feed by hand with less plastic as well. Keep rocking it guy's 👍🏻🍻🚜🔧🐂🇳🇿
Hi from Western Australia...😊We bale alot of silage here on our farm.... In times of drought when our ryegrass and clover hay fields have produced poor quality, we have installed a molasses/urea injector on our baler for the purpose of making the bale more palatable for when it comes time to feeding out the bale...
Man I don’t think I could handle all of that garbage off of one bale. Lol. I even quit using netwrap and went back to twine. Tired of dragging all of that stuff around with me as I feed in the tractor cab. But I guess I’m stuck in my ways. Can see some benefit to silage bales for sure, but I bale graze my cows on pasture in the winter with electric wires. I cut the twines off one row of bales every two days. That’s a lot of stuff for me to pack.
Haha it's all good, there's no two farms that operate the same, and something that may work well for one farm might not work the same for another. Thank you for your loyal watching of our videos!
It’s actually not too bad. In Ireland where I am, we wrap everything dye to wet weather. It’s a lot easier to use a film wrap rather than net as you only have one waste stream. The wrap is easy to recycle
Absolutely, it would be! Great idea. However, we know the Fastrac will have an immediate advantage given the price point being lower than a Fendt on the initial purchase price. We may have to discuss this in future content if that's what our amazing audience wants!!! Haha
What moisture percentage do you bale them at? I find if iam above 40% and the weather is below-30 celcius the outside few inches of the bale is solid ice. But if i bale closer to 30% its much better
We strive to bale between 28-44% depending on the crop. Some crop types freeze easier than others, however we have found that using 6 wrap of film, with a 7layer plastic from agri novatex, that we can bale up to 50% without the risk of freezing. The bale density also makes a huge difference on weather they will freeze. We have also found that bales that aren't as dense, are More susceptible to freezing than dense bales. Hense why we like "slat style" balers vs. Rubber belt balers to help get the density as high as possible.
How long do silage bales like that last? If I bale a bunch of "haylage" and then dont use it all over the winter, would those bales keep into the next winter?
Ive heard of guys pushing them up to 3-4 years, but that would be in incredibly perfect conditions, I have never done that myself, but 2 years is for sure. Keeping animals from pecking at the plastic is probably the biggest obstacle on long term storage.
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Delete and tune ya 4220. Less fuel use, no ad-blu. Mate's gen 4 is a weapon now with triples and hauling. Haven't played with krone but have with mchale and odd issue's but been damn good here in New Zealand. Great to see some one pushing the benefits of wrapped haylage/balage in the state's. Been doing it for 20yrs plus here in New Zealand. Tubewrap is a big thing here as can wrap close to 100 bales a hour with 4x3x5.5/6 ft square and feed by hand with less plastic as well. Keep rocking it guy's 👍🏻🍻🚜🔧🐂🇳🇿
Hi from Western Australia...😊We bale alot of silage here on our farm.... In times of drought when our ryegrass and clover hay fields have produced poor quality, we have installed a molasses/urea injector on our baler for the purpose of making the bale more palatable for when it comes time to feeding out the bale...
That's a great idea, thank you for sharing @elsalay!
Great video👍 I’m so glad that you both own a awesome silage bailer and help each other!
Thank you @jimholbay5148! You may see both of us working together again in the future!
Man I don’t think I could handle all of that garbage off of one bale. Lol. I even quit using netwrap and went back to twine. Tired of dragging all of that stuff around with me as I feed in the tractor cab. But I guess I’m stuck in my ways. Can see some benefit to silage bales for sure, but I bale graze my cows on pasture in the winter with electric wires. I cut the twines off one row of bales every two days. That’s a lot of stuff for me to pack.
Haha it's all good, there's no two farms that operate the same, and something that may work well for one farm might not work the same for another. Thank you for your loyal watching of our videos!
It’s actually not too bad. In Ireland where I am, we wrap everything dye to wet weather.
It’s a lot easier to use a film wrap rather than net as you only have one waste stream.
The wrap is easy to recycle
@@hughmarcus1 not much for recycling here on that stuff. Usually ends up in a landfill if you don’t use matches to take care of it……..
If the bailer are the same would be interesting in seeing a ROI between JCB v Fendt
Absolutely, it would be! Great idea. However, we know the Fastrac will have an immediate advantage given the price point being lower than a Fendt on the initial purchase price. We may have to discuss this in future content if that's what our amazing audience wants!!! Haha
I just got done editing a thumbnail that reminded me of yours. Lol.
Oh shoot, you should still run it!!! Haha
Question???? How many Acres is that field? Roughly how many round bales did it produce?
That field is 140 acres, and we got around 550 bales off of it.
What moisture percentage do you bale them at?
I find if iam above 40% and the weather is below-30 celcius the outside few inches of the bale is solid ice. But if i bale closer to 30% its much better
We strive to bale between 28-44% depending on the crop. Some crop types freeze easier than others, however we have found that using 6 wrap of film, with a 7layer plastic from agri novatex, that we can bale up to 50% without the risk of freezing. The bale density also makes a huge difference on weather they will freeze. We have also found that bales that aren't as dense, are More susceptible to freezing than dense bales. Hense why we like "slat style" balers vs. Rubber belt balers to help get the density as high as possible.
How long do silage bales like that last? If I bale a bunch of "haylage" and then dont use it all over the winter, would those bales keep into the next winter?
Yes. I regularly use stuff the next year. If it’s well wrapped & no spoilage it will be grand for 2 years.
Ive heard of guys pushing them up to 3-4 years, but that would be in incredibly perfect conditions, I have never done that myself, but 2 years is for sure. Keeping animals from pecking at the plastic is probably the biggest obstacle on long term storage.
Perfect!!!
What city are you guys in Alberta?
The closest city is Calgary.