Hay and silage

Harvested forage crops are an important component of most sheep and goat feeding programs. Some producers produce their own forage crops, while others purchase harvested forages for their livestock. This page contains links pertaining to hay buying, economics, making, marketing, quality, and storage; silage and silage storing; and straw.

Determining hay and forage needs for your goats - Onion Creek
[Excel] Hay calculator for livestock producers | Instructions
[PDF] What about hay? - by Rich Machen
[PDF] What kind of hay is best for goats? - Sweetlix®

Buying hay

[PDF] The art of buying standing hay - Angus Journal
Buying and selling hay - Univ. Minnesota
Dealing with high hay prices - Purdue Univ.
[PDF] Hay buying strategies - Angus Beef Bulletin
[PDF] Know your requirements when purchasing hay - Sask. Can.
Purchasing quality hay - North Dak. State Univ.
[PDF] Tips for buying hay - Univ. Georgia
What to look for when buying hay - Wash. State Univ.

Hay economics

[PDF] Can you really afford to raise hay? - TAMU
The dollars and sense of hay production - Mississippi St. Univ.
Dry round bale storage costs - Univ. Wisconsin
Economics of hay production and harvesting - Univ. Kentucky
Economics of hay storage - Univ. Kentucky
[PDF] Estimating costs of pasture and hay production - Iowa St.
[PDF] Forage economics - NC State Univ.
Forage economics and budgets - Univ. Wisconsin
Hay cost of production worksheet - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Hay: produce or purchase? - TAMU
[PDF] Hay production costs cut by... - West Virginia Univ.
[PDF] Hay production economics - Univ. Georgia
[PDF] Orchardgrass hay - Colorado State Univ.
[PDF] What does that bale of hay really cost?

Hay making

[PDF] Alfalfa hay production - Univ. Idaho
[PDF] Calculating hay yields - Purdue Univ.
[PDF] Cut hay early to get the most out of plastic wrapping - WVU
[PDF] Grass hay production - Univ. Idaho
[PDF] Growing alfalfa for hay - Montana St. Univ.[PDF]
Guidelines for producing quality forage - Univ. Florida
Hay FAQ's by Ron Florence
Haymaking - FAO United Nations
[PDF] Haymaking - Univ. New Hampshire
Hay making equipment - Penn State
[PDF] Hay production: balancing yields and qualiaty - Miss. State
[PDF] Hay production in Florida
[PDF] High quality hay production - Univ. Tenn
Large round bale safety - VA Tech | PDF
Large round bales: management - Univ. Missouri
[PDF] Management of hay production - Univ. Arkansas
Management tips for round bale hay ... - VA Tech | PDF
Net wrap or twine? - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Producing high quality hay - Univ. Georgia
[PDF] Producing quality oat hay - RIRDC, Aust.
[PDF] Proper handling and curing of hay - West Virg. Univ.
Quality hay production - Univ. Kentucky | PDF
[PDF] Ten points for producing hay - Wash. State Univ.

Hay marketing

The basics of marketing cash hay - Manitoba, Canada | PDF
Buying and selling hay and straw - Univ. Wisconsin
[PDF] Factors affecting hay supply and demand in Tennessee
Factors to consider when marketing hay - Univ. Wisconsin
Hay marketing - Penn State
[PDF] Marketing and pricing alfalfa hay - Okla. State Univ.
[PDF] Marketing hay by nutritive value and weight - TAMU
[PDF] Marketing hay in Tennessee
[PDF] Marketing hay - Saskatchewan, Canada

Hay quality

[PDF] Evaluating forage quality by visual, pH, and DM - Penn State
[PDF] Evaluating hay quality - Univ. Maryland
Hay quality evaluator - Rural Heritage Back 40
[PDF] Hay quality - Univ. New Hampshire
[PDF] Hay quality: the great variable ... - Sweetlix®
High-quality hay production - Univ. Tennessee
[PDF] How to judge hay quality visually - Univ. Delaware
Hay quality - Ohio State University
[PDF] Relative forage quality... - Univ. of Georgia
[PDF] Understanding RFV and RFQ - South Dak. State Univ.

Hay storage

[PDF] Choosing forage storage facilities - Univ. Wisconsin
[PDF] Cost effective round bale storage - Univ. Kentucky
[PDF] Don't lose scarce & expensive hay through storage or feeding
[PDF] Forage feedout losses for various storage systems
[PDf] Guard against unnecessary losses in hay value - CO State
Guidelines for hay storage in Ontario
Hay loss chart - The Big Bale Box
[PDF] Hay loss from storing round bales outside - Okla. State Univ.
[PDF] Hay storage management considerations for Alaska
[PDF] Indoor hay storage: dry matter loss and quality changes
Maintain or improved stored hay quality - Univ. Florida | PDF
[PDF] Management to minimize hay waste - Univ. Nebr.
[PDF] Minimizing losss in hay storage and feeding - Clemson Univ.
Plastic wrapping and storage of square bales - Univ. Wisconsin
Preserving the value of dry stored hay - Univ. Minn.
[PDF] Round bale hay storage in Kentucky
[PDF] Round bale hay storage - Oklahoma St. Univ.
[PDF] Round bale hay storage - Penn State
[PDF] Round bale storage - West Virginia Univ.
Round bale storage costs - West Virginia Univ.
Round bale storage techniques - Alberta, Canada
[PDF] Storing hay: are you losing out? - Sweetlix®
[PDF] Storing large round bales outside - Kansas State Univ.

Silage, haylage, and balage

[PDF] 10 points for top quality balage - Mike Kettle Consulting
All you ever wanted to know about balage... - FarmNews NZ
[PDF] Bagged conventional silage - Univ. Arkansas
Balage: a method of increasing usable forage value per acre
Balage: silage in a bag - by Lee Clift
Balage: silage in the bag - by Clive Dalton
Balage: tips for success - Univ. Maryland
Baled haylage for sheep - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Baled silage for livestock - Univ. Arkansas
Baling forage crops for silage - Univ. Kentucky | PDF
[PDF] Corn silage - Univ. Tennessee
Ensiling tropical forages - FAO United Nations
Feeding sheep corn silage - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Grass silage - West Virginia University
Growing small grains for forage in Virginia | PDF
[PDF] Harvesting silage - NSW, Australia
Haylage and other fermented forages - North Dak. State Univ.
Harvesting, storing, and feeding forages... - Univ. Florida | PDF
Kansas State University Silage Team home page
Maintaining qualty in large bale silage - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Making quality silage - CSIRO Aust.
Pasture silage - KZN Agriculture SA
Round bale silage - Ohio State Univ.
Silage - SmallStock in Development
Silage Advisory Centre (UK)
Silage for goats - Dairy Goat Journal
Silage-Hay-Haylage - Univ. Florida
[PDF] Silage-making for small scale farmers - USAID
Using silage bags - Sioux Auto Center
[PDF] Using silage to finish lambs - Meat/Lvst Australia
Wrapped silage: key points - LifeStyle Block NZ

Small scale silage making

[PDF, poster] Evaluation of grass clippings as a feed source
How to make silage in a plastic barrel - eHow
How to make silage in garbage bags - eHow
[PDF] Little bag silage - FAO United Nations
Little bag silage - SmallStock in Development

Storing silage

[PDF] Chopping and storing quality corn silage - Utah St. Univ.
[PDF] Deciding on a silage storage type - Univ. Wisconsin
[PDF] Preventing silage storage losses - Univ. Wisconsin
Silage storage - Ontario, Canada

Straw

[PDF] Cereal straw production - Univ. Kentucky
[PDF] Impact of removing straw from wheat and barley fields
[PDF] Straw production - Univ. Maryland

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Last updated 19-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.