Posted by paul on October 19, 2012 at 18:44:43 from (66.44.133.112):
In Reply to: Baling corn stalks posted by samn40 on October 19, 2012 at 13:15:56:
Cattle like about 2/3 of a bale for roughage. The last 1/3 of the bale you either use for bedding, or you grind the bale and mix with hay, or add sweetener or something so they eat the whole thing. It is low energy, but good feed for brood cows, or other that just needs filler.
Some bale them for just bedding.
I've seen small squares, many round bale with string or netwrap, and quite a few big square bales of them.
Very popular around here the past decade or so. Cornstalks are sort of a negative out in the field in a cold wet climate like mine, hard to plow or get rid of the stalks, they don't break down well on their own, and they tie up a lot of N as they break down for a year in the ground. So it doesn't hurt much to bale them off & get rid of them, hopefully bring them back as manure in a year or 2.
Mosy common is to run a stalk chopper (flail mower designed to chop up stalks) and rake them and round bale them. Takes a good baler to get anywhere, older units it's a miserable job...
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