Improve forage quality with baleage. Learn the best moisture levels, wrapping times, and bale density tips from Ohio State ...

Maintaining forage quality with small dry-weather windows can be done by using baleage instead of dry hay. The ideal conditions for baleage is to bale the hay between 40% to 65% moisture and wrap ...

Wet conditions have created significant challenges this year for producers who are working to put up hay for winter forage needs. Shorter days and cooler fall temperatures add to the challenge of ...

At the end of April, many producers were concerned that drought conditions would persist and hay would be in short supply. Thankfully the tables turned and a large portion of the state began getting ...

What a difference a week can make. Hundreds more acres of corn and beans have been planted here in Coshocton County this week. And first cuttings of hay are down and baled all over the county. A lot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we enter the spring harvest season for small grain forages and hay crops, many of these first cuttings will be ensiled as ...

If you have any experience making hay, you’re aware of the challenges of doing so. For dry hay producers, stringing together a few good days to bale is difficult, and those ensiling haylage are faced ...

It is often said that, in Kentucky, we can grow forages (grass, clover and alfalfa) as good as anywhere in the world. I believe that is true, however, our challenge lies in getting it dried and baled ...

Baleage harvested adjacent to the Dannevirke Golf Course. Baleage contractor Victor McBeth baled his first crop on Monday October 16 on Dannevirke Golf Club land adjacent to the11th hole at Tahoraiti.

This article was written by Jason Hartschuh, OSU Extension Field Specialist Dairy Management and Precision Livestock (originally posted in Farm & Dairy.) Maintaining forage quality with small ...