Colour of silage wrap?

kay 9

Always use black silawrap here, any advantages to the white and green? Read somewhere that white has more protein come feeding time due to fermentation time/process. Or was it black, I forget.

Anyway one was supposed to better for beef than the other, I'm sure the figures are minimal but I'd like to hear people's experiences.

TheFarrier

White wrap is preferred by horsey crowd. God forbid anyone would confuse their haylage for nasty black bales of “silage”.

kay 9

TheFarrier wrote: »

White wrap is preferred by horsey crowd. God forbid anyone would confuse their haylage for nasty black bales of “silage”.

I'm going to have extra bales this year so I'll put on white on some of the horsey folk like it lol

Noveight

I vaguely remember reading an article in the Journal that said white/green is better.

Haven’t the finer details but something to do with how the colour black absorbs more energy from the sun and reflects less than white does?

In the grand scheme I’d say the difference is minimal.

kay 9

Noveight wrote: »

I vaguely remember reading an article in the Journal that said white/green is better.

Haven’t the finer details but something to do with how the colour black absorbs more energy from the sun and reflects less than white does?

In the grand scheme I’d say the difference is minimal.

That's my thinking as well tbh. Miniscule differences.
May try some green for the craic sure.

liam7831

The pink wrap is used for feeding bullocks I was told

Never wrestle with pigs

On a 20oc day put your hand on a black bale then on a green bale. You probably won't be able to leave your hand on the black bale and the green will be cool.

It's something about after the fermentation process it's better for the bacteria to be cooled down to preserve the silage better. I have used green and would be happy with it.

I also found last year that after using some pink plastic that the crows don't go near them as much. I only have black in the coop available most of the time but if green is there I'll take that instead.

kay 9

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

On a 20oc day put your hand on a black bale then on a green bale. You probably won't be able to leave your hand on the black bale and the green will be cool.

It's something about after the fermentation process it's better for the bacteria to be cooled down to preserve the silage better. I have used green and would be happy with it.

I also found last year that after using some pink plastic that the crows don't go near them as much. I only have black in the coop available most of the time but if green is there I'll take that instead.

Usually only black available in any of our local spots as well. I'll try green if it's available

jntsnk

Fusion baler used. One white , one black roll in. Gives lovely stripes to keep the crows away. And probably a bit closer to a white bales outside temperature on a hot day.

Dakota Dan

jntsnk wrote: »

Fusion baler used. One white , one black roll in. Gives lovely stripes to keep the crows away. And probably a bit closer to a white bales outside temperature on a hot day.

The famous bulls eye bales.

Sacrolyte

Penny just dropped here. So that’s how u get the bulls eyes.

hopeso

I've only ever used black. I have no real issues with it. One thing that turns me off the coloured wrap is that they look crap if you have to patch a bale with the black tape.....Surely it's time that someone made tape to match the other colours, or do they?

kay 9

Got few rolls of green silawrap yesterday evening to try. The white and green is 83 as opposed to the black 82 for some reason. Anyway, only a euro in it. Pink is dearer again but that's for a good cause

kay 9

hopeso wrote: »

I've only ever used black. I have no real issues with it. One thing that turns me off the coloured wrap is that they look crap if you have to patch a bale with the black tape.....Surely it's time that someone made tape to match the other colours, or do they?

Here it is

st1979

Having a dual head wrapper and using different colour combinations can be a great way to know which grass is in the bale.

mycro2013

A bit of a gimmick. I just give the money to the charity directly than relying on a third party to pass on the donation.

Some key points from a plastic trial.
The protein in our white came out higher and the results in our dry matter came out higher, making the silage more palatable for the cows," they said.

Meanwhile, the girls' results showed that silage stored in black wrap would suit beef farms better, as it could be preserved for longer periods of time.

ganmo

Teagasc looked at different colour wrap years ago and found the crows didn't care what colour they were, can't remember any other results