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I take it you work for them?

If you are not planning on feeding them to your horses you could ask your supplier if they would be willing to take them away when they deliver your next load? We would certainly do our best to help if asked by one of our customers, it wouldn't take long with the forklift as long as the ground...

With the way last season was, it will probably be cheapest to buy the haylage in compared to getting someone in to make it. There are many bales left over around the country. Unless you have a decent block, 10 acres minimum but 20 plus better, the contractor will have to factor in a lot of...

I'm not sure that I would agree with your first sentence as a big bale producer myself ;) The evenness of the dry matter is not really anything to do with the size of the bale. It's more a matter of having even grass growth in the field and ensuring it is well tedded to get it evenly dry as...

Yes I would agree with you that a big bale of haylage needs a minimum of 2 / 3 horses to get through it before it starts to deteriorate depending on how big the bales are. Regarding leaving the wrap on, we actually recommend the opposite - to fully take the wrap off once it has been opened...

Out of interest why do you think big bale haylage would increase the risk of botulism? Small bale haylage is made in one of two ways - grass is cut, wilted and baled into small bales and then wrapped straight away. - grass is cut, wilted and then baled into big bales and wrapped straight away...