Do Hay Bales Attract Mice?
Besides the risks of hay becoming mouldy or possibly spontaneously combusting, you also have to concern yourself with pests. You don’t want creepy-crawly critters such as mice ruining your hay…
Posts by Neville Janke
Why Are Hay Bales Wrapped In Different Colours?
Bales wrapped in plastic are commonly referred to as Silage Bales. These Silage bales are often wrapped in colourful plastic. We are often asked if these different colours of wrap…
Let’s Talk About Straw
Straw has many uses, including roughage in feedlot diets, maintenance of dry cows, or as a drought supplement, garden mulch, mushroom production or animal bedding. It has limited nutritional value;…
What Is A CVD (Commodity Vendor Declaration) And How Does It Trace My Hay?
When deciding to graze a crop, or cut for Hay or Straw, chemical withholding periods need to be consideredand strictly adhered to. Remember that ALL chemicals applied to the crop…
How To Interpret Your Feed Test – What The Parameters Really Mean?
This article is not intended to be a comprehensive explanation of interpreting your feed test results but aims to provide a ‘snapshot’ of key parameters you should be looking at…
How Much Do Hay Bales Weigh?
Bale weight is critical in determining the price of hay and transportation costs. Since there are lots of factors that can affect the total weight of a hay bale, it’s…
How Many Hay Bales Per Acre?
It’s a question that most hay farmers wonder as their venture gets underway. Your crop is growing well and thoughts of how much your crop will yield are common questions.…
Can Round Hay Bales Get Wet?
This is a situation we all face from time to time. Either you are trying to do the mad dash to get bales in from the paddock before the storm…
February 2022 Hay Market Snapshot
BUYERS UPDATE (by Cieran Maxwell) Over the last fortnight it has been great to see a number of buyers be proactive in securing volumes of quality fodder before the traditional…
Will There Be A Market For My Hay?
The short answer is – YES, but for quality Hay. You’ve heard us say it before, livestock eat 365 days a year. Our country needs Hay to be made, but…