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We’ve bale grazed off and on for probably 30 years.
I find it works good on years where there is lots of reasonably priced, decent quality hay. I have placed enough for a month at a time and usually just do for 2-4 days now.
I don’t worry about trying to spread the residue after. If it’s too thick it may choke a small patch of grass for the first season. It will be phenomenal for a few years after and more than make up for any loss.
We did bale oat greenfeed and drop the bales without any twine or netwrap. The wind did open the bales up some and blow some around. If it was coarser hay it probably wouldn’t be as big of issue. Once you get past all the neighbours comments about you not looking back, or running out of wrap for a whole field it actually worked decent.
No one system is perfect. I’m of the opinion that your time is a very valuable commodity and not all “waste” is actually lost. There is a very real cost of fuel, equipment and time to processing or feeding daily in an attempt to reduce waste. Those costs must be accounted for and every one’s priorities are different. I have a tubgrinder, shredder and TMR, and do use them when situations dictate and it pencils out.
It’s also very hard to put a value on the soil improvements that come from some of these different methods. I have neighbours who think I’m lazy or being cheap. I prefer to think of it as time efficient and economical.
It’s not a perfect system but if it works for you that’s all that matters.
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Our start to bale grazing
