Loosely packed bales have a density of 9 pounds per cubic foot of hay, which equates to 880 pounds of dry feed. A tightly packed bale at 12 pounds/cubic foot would have almost 1,200 pounds of dry ...

If maximising output is your goal, ensure timely cutting and avoid over-drying, as excessive moisture loss can decrease the bale's density. "Rolls of hay" is another term often used for round bales.

This also assumes the cows consume 2.5% of their body weight per day on a dry matter basis, and each bale of hay weighs 1,000 pounds and is 15% moisture. Every storage method will have some hay loss.

Every step in the process of making hay, storing the hay and feeding the bales results in some level of dry matter loss, and ...

Hesston by Massey Ferguson recently introduced the SB.1436DB small square baler, which doubles capacity by producing two rows ...

Hay bales. Unsplash Photo Apart from providing the day-to-day fodder requirements for the farmer, excess forage from Brachiaria can be dried and stored as hay for use during the dry season when ...