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Balers choice

  • 25-09-2011 1:23pm
    #1
    pat73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭


    Just wondering has anyone got that system on their balers.With our weather its getting hard to make good hay.Just looking it up and it seems too good to be true that u can bale hay up to 30 percent moisture and it comes out perfect.I would like to get views on people who have the system.How much does it cost and does it cost much per bale.It would take the stress out of making hay.


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  • #2
    moy83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,701 ✭✭✭moy83


    There is a good bit about it on the bff . I dont know anyone using it around me but i think its not as good as it sounds from what i read about it the hay needs to be fairly close to hay anyhow or it will still turn to ****e even with balers choice .


  • #3
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    I did a bit of research on that 4 or 5 years ago as I was making hay for sale back then. You can bale between 25-30% moisture works better at 25%. You have to store the hay before it rains on it as water neutralizes acid and you must keep treated hay away from untreated as the moisture will migrate from treated hay to dry hay. If it is stored too long a period the acid can go off and the hay will heat as it still is 25% moisture. I came to the conclusion that it would be cheaper wrap bales instead of investing in the applicator and moisture meter and also building a shed to store hay.


  • #4
    pat73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 177 ✭✭pat73


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    I did a bit of research on that 4 or 5 years ago as I was making hay for sale back then. You can bale between 25-30% moisture works better at 25%. You have to store the hay before it rains on it as water neutralizes acid and you must keep treated hay away from untreated as the moisture will migrate from treated hay to dry hay. If it is stored too long a period the acid can go off and the hay will heat as it still is 25% moisture. I came to the conclusion that it would be cheaper wrap bales instead of investing in the applicator and moisture meter and also building a shed to store hay.
    Its not as simple as i thought.just wondering would the hay be just like haylage but without the smell


  • #5
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    pat73 wrote: »
    Its not as simple as i thought.just wondering would the hay be just like haylage but without the smell
    You would have a shed full of lovely green hay, I don't know what it would smell like. There was some fella on donedeal with a baler for hire that was using balers choice during the summer he was around the midlands. It would be interesting to try out a few bales to see what they turn out like.
    http://www.farmersjournal.ie/site/farming-Baler%E2%80%99s-Choice-agency-for-JR-Perry-11255.html
    At €3200+VAT you would want to be baling a lot of hay to get the value from it.
    You need to have the moisture meter built into the baler so that it can regulate the flow of acid as it constantly reads the moisture of hay entering the bale chamber. If hay gets too much acid it is a waste, if it doesn't get enough acid you will have pockets of moisture in bales that will heat. A field of hay will not have uniform moisture content so that rules out any simple cheap applicator unless you use a heavier rate of acid and chance it.


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