Nathan Jennings, Senior Land Services Officer explains the key differences between hay and silage and how to work out which provides the best value feed.
1 HUGE thing you're forgetting to add is the measuring nutritional content of the silage vs the hay, which is CRITICAL and can SIGNIFICANTLY impact the value of 1 over the other.
Also, why is a silage bale in this presentation $90 and the dry Haybale $80? Here in the state of Washington USA, silage bales are $65 on average and Haybale‘s are pushing $100 per bale there is a lot more labor and costs involved in making dry hay here than there is silage.
i guess whats not covered in this presentation is whether silage preserves nutrient content and / or digestibility of silage or hay when made from the same crop ?? Otherwise thanks for the info...
Just mentioned that before I read your comment. I totally agree that they completely overlooked this and it's a CRITICAL component of testing to see the actual value of the silage vs the hay.
What I am going to comment has already been commented by others but I have to mention it again: the fact that digestibility was not talked about really turned me off. I know the guy speaking is a professional and probably knows about digestibility but not mentioning it in this video will make people who are not aware of that conclude that hay is always better than silo just by taking dry matter and price into account.
1 HUGE thing you're forgetting to add is the measuring nutritional content of the silage vs the hay, which is CRITICAL and can SIGNIFICANTLY impact the value of 1 over the other.
Can’t believe the nutritional aspects were not even touched upon.
Also, why is a silage bale in this presentation $90 and the dry Haybale $80? Here in the state of Washington USA, silage bales are $65 on average and Haybale‘s are pushing $100 per bale there is a lot more labor and costs involved in making dry hay here than there is silage.
i guess whats not covered in this presentation is whether silage preserves nutrient content and / or digestibility of silage or hay when made from the same crop ??
Otherwise thanks for the info...
Just mentioned that before I read your comment. I totally agree that they completely overlooked this and it's a CRITICAL component of testing to see the actual value of the silage vs the hay.
What I am going to comment has already been commented by others but I have to mention it again: the fact that digestibility was not talked about really turned me off. I know the guy speaking is a professional and probably knows about digestibility but not mentioning it in this video will make people who are not aware of that conclude that hay is always better than silo just by taking dry matter and price into account.