Haylage is easy to feed: no dust, consistent quality and it helps my sports horses hold their weight. It is also wrapped, which means it isn’t ruined by rain (my storage barn was open at the sides).

That typically translates into a hay or haylage with 60 percent or greater total digestible nutrient (TDN) and crude protein (CP) value of 12 to 20 percent or greater.

Haylage tends to be sweeter than hay and is popular with horses, who can gobble up their night-time allowance quickly and then stand around bored – this is not good for box-walkers, weavers etc ...

Haylage contains at least 25% more water than hay, so you cannot make the change on a weight-for-weight basis without causing problems. Feed about 1¼ times as much haylage as hay.

Haylage becomes an option for dealing with the extra production." Haylage is often called "hay-in-a-day" because it can be cut, baled and stored without having to leave it in the field for drying.

But a recent study from the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center shows that those big blue structures actually make better alfalfa haylage. So if you own a Harvestore, but you’re filling your ...

“Haylage found more extensive adoption in 2015, as it allowed farmers to harvest hay with minimal worry about approaching rain events,” said Cole.

Haylage best for cattle and sheep According to Anita O’Brien, sheep and goat specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, haylage offers producers greater flexibility ...

Diversification details Holywell Farms – quality haylage and bespoke livery An arable farm, predominantly growing wheat and producing haylage as a break crop with a 115-horse livery ...

John Tremain’s haylage business has rarely seen such times. As fast as haylage can be placed into bags, the forklift loads them on to a lorry and off they go to customers. “In the 10 years we ...

Yorkshire Bale Haylage is Tom’s business, run from the farm that is also home to Simon Whitaker Racing that last year saw the stable with 11 wins and 39 places from its 104 entries.