Great video, feed quality is essential for animal health ❤. I don't know if Tanco equipment is available in Canada, but a lot of farmers around here bought a BaleShear lately, it's a simple attachment that cuts the silage bale in half. You grab the bale cut it,the silage falls down and the film and the netwrap is held tight and you can drop it on a Plastik pile without leaving the loader🤩.
Thank you for watching @michaelhollmann8353. I believe we do have a Tanca dealer, I've seen a bale sheer like you've described on another farm. I would definitely like to try one in the future!
No, it's the same premium 7-layer film from Agri-Novatex. This field was baled near the tail end of our season, so we were using up a few different colored rolls of film we had in stock. I believe it's also available in black, but we have never used it.
Don’t forget to pick up the garbage. Lol. 8 bales worth of that would fill my tractor cab with plastic. Guess I’ll stick to twine. Couple little piles at the side of the cab when I’m done cutting and rolling out 10 bales a day. 🤣👍🍻. Nice looking feed.
Hello Farmin' Ain't Easy: Looks like you've got money to burn and/or have some very cheap feed. Dumping the feed on the ground & allowing direct access to their feed, allowing them to piss & shit on it.
Hi @MCatSHF, no sorry we don't have money to burn. Typically in our area of the world cattle feed of all types will get rolled out, or placed on the ground through a bale processor or mixer wagon. We live in ranchland type of topography where the animals are able to roam and graze. Although we do try to grow crops on some of the decently shaped fields. Only enough feed gets put out for the herd, so it will be eaten up before they use it for bedding. In cold weather we will put out straw for thier bedding. Some farms will have concentrated feeding systems like bunks and stationary feeders but the animals are contained to more of a feedlot type system.
FYI, have some silage bales that are 3 years old, opened one up today and it’s like I baled it yesterday, sweet smelling feed even after 3 years!👌
Wow that's fantastic @wilfharder3857. A good quality film is likely a great investment for long term storage as well. I love the smell!!! Haha
Great video. I wish I had a Fastrac to play with, You are always having to much fun operating it!😂
Thank you @jimholbay5148. I do enjoy running Fastracs, they perform well around our farm. Take care and thank you for watching!
For cutting plastic and net wrap use
a hay knife.
Thank you for the suggestion @petemutz5894! Thank you for watching our videos!
Great video, feed quality is essential for animal health ❤.
I don't know if Tanco equipment is available in Canada, but a lot of farmers around here bought a BaleShear lately, it's a simple attachment that cuts the silage bale in half. You grab the bale cut it,the silage falls down and the film and the netwrap is held tight and you can drop it on a Plastik pile without leaving the loader🤩.
Thank you for watching @michaelhollmann8353. I believe we do have a Tanca dealer, I've seen a bale sheer like you've described on another farm. I would definitely like to try one in the future!
Great video
You could make a fortune bottling and selling that silage smell.
I think your onto a good idea there @davidmcgennity!
Is there a benefit to wrapping with green film compared to white?
No, it's the same premium 7-layer film from Agri-Novatex. This field was baled near the tail end of our season, so we were using up a few different colored rolls of film we had in stock. I believe it's also available in black, but we have never used it.
Silage smell, its like wine to the rich.
Hahahaha they can have their wine, as farmers we love our farm smells! Haha
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Don’t forget to pick up the garbage. Lol. 8 bales worth of that would fill my tractor cab with plastic. Guess I’ll stick to twine. Couple little piles at the side of the cab when I’m done cutting and rolling out 10 bales a day. 🤣👍🍻. Nice looking feed.
We probably should have shown how we roll up the plastic. It rolls up into a small package, but probably a little bigger than straight twine.
Hello Farmin' Ain't Easy:
Looks like you've got money to burn and/or have some very cheap feed.
Dumping the feed on the ground & allowing direct access to their feed, allowing them to piss & shit on it.
Hi @MCatSHF, no sorry we don't have money to burn. Typically in our area of the world cattle feed of all types will get rolled out, or placed on the ground through a bale processor or mixer wagon. We live in ranchland type of topography where the animals are able to roam and graze. Although we do try to grow crops on some of the decently shaped fields. Only enough feed gets put out for the herd, so it will be eaten up before they use it for bedding. In cold weather we will put out straw for thier bedding. Some farms will have concentrated feeding systems like bunks and stationary feeders but the animals are contained to more of a feedlot type system.