How To Make Hay, Haylage Or Silage.. The Whole Process Start To Finish Tutorial

In this video I take you through the whole process of making Hay, Haylage or Silage.
Explaining the difference between them and how to make it.

We start off with a field full of grass, then we cut it, shake it, row it up, bale it, wrap it and finally cart it back to the farm to stack it.

Hope you enjoyed the video.

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[DavidSmith-sqqw]

As a townie who has just moved to the country, I found this video very informative. I have watched a few videos showing the process on other farming channels, but yours was the first one to explain the different types of silage etc. and to explain each stage of the process. I can see from reading the comments that I have a lot to learn. Thank you so much for posting this.

[ossieostrich]

Hello from Australia. Great video mate. We had a Ford 4000 on the family farm. No cab. Just 4 post ROPS. Been years since I last drove it. Brought back some great old memories. Thank you.

[GC]

I have a new found respect for the amount of time and effort that goes into the process.

[pollypissypants]

Great video, lots of useful stuff. Tried to find a video about this previously and just got advertisements for silage nutrients and oxygen resistant silo covers. I’m glad this video shows the process on a smaller scale vs an industrial or giant commercial operation and explained by a regular person. Learned a lot.

[curlyfries]

farmers are soo underestimated. we dont think twice about where our food comes from. just wanted to say thanks for supplying the world with food!

[MrTibsol]

Nice video. Too much work. Respect to all farmers.

[jerrylansbury]

Ive been doing baleage now for 15 yrs. Ive never tedded any ! Cut....rake bale wrap all in the same day !

[vitalityFarms]

Great video. Just curious what model new holland tractors are you using? Thanks for the videos 👍

[jerrylansbury]

In most cases every one who raises hay should do wet hay ( baleage ). The reasons.... On and off the field the same day. Less tire traffic. Almost no leaf loss. No waste. No need to store bales inside. High quality every time. No weather factors ( planning around rain ). Since your on and off the field the same day you can gain an extra 15 days to grow another to leaving it dry in the field each crop which takes around 3/ 4 days drying time for each crop ( around 5 cuttings per year ). And people tell me the reason they dont do it cost too much

[kevinperree]

Hi Gruff. Just curious. Hay, haylage, and silage can all be stored long term and some will cost more than others to process and store. Is there a reason why you wouldn’t just feed livestock the cheapest to process? Is it that the nutrients change dependant on how you process the same raw material (grass)? By the way, I saw you cut all the bee’s clover down 🤔

[creedYT]

Hi guys! Great video, what do you wrap the grass in to make it silage instead of just grass? And could you tell me why you wrap it?

[jerrylansbury]

I still have no idea why anyone would ted the hay if your baling it wet anyway ???? A wasted leaf / stem loss. Rake it and bale it ! I rake 4 / 9ft windrows into one. Hay equipment is as expensive as you make it ! My total cost in equipment minis the tractor is around 12000 dollars. Discbine 7000 dollars. 4x4 round baler 4000 dollars. Rake 6 wheel inline Vicon fully adjustable (can move around 15 miles per hour if a smooth field ). 4 flat bed hay racks 200 dollars each. Bale wrapper ( I built myself ) 1000 dollars. Most farmers spend 30000 + on their fancy 4 wheel drive truck !

[Alex-pddk]

How come you work with your front loader all the way up? All it does is causes imbalance and damage to the hydraulics.

[djdfarminglife]

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[glyndavies]

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[deanwitt]

Take the silly music off while your talking .

[GoldenCondor]

I cant understand a single word this guy said lol

[ahmedstorage]

can't understand a word coming out of this guy's mouth. kind of reminds me of Teeter from Yellowstone.
Nice video though.