During the 1950's in the United States, farmers learned to cut the forage when it had optimal nutrient characteristics, allow it to dry to optimal moisture content, and chop it as shown here to be preserved as haylage. Nutrient content at the time of feeding was optimized when the forage was chopped with 65 to 70% moisture content (30 to 35% DM) for preservation in horizontal silos, and 60 to 65% (35 to 40% DM) for conventional upright silos. During the 1950's, most hay was cut with a sickle bar mower (see NAL #4696) usually 0.5 to 1.0 day before chopping, and raked into windrows (see NAL #4699) to facilitate uptake into the chopper shown here. This chopper was towed by the tractor, and powered by the tractor's power take off. This image is bundled with five related images in a Zip file NAL #4506.

Chopping hay

Credit: Hoard's Dairyman

Digital Credit: Michel Wattiaux

Publisher: Unknown

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Description: During the 1950's in the United States, farmers learned to cut the forage when it had optimal nutrient characteristics, allow it to dry to optimal moisture content, and chop it as shown here to be preserved as haylage. Nutrient content at the time of feeding was optimized when the forage was chopped with 65 to 70% moisture content (30 to 35% DM) for preservation in horizontal silos, and 60 to 65% (35 to 40% DM) for conventional upright silos. During the 1950's, most hay was cut with a sickle bar mower (see NAL #4696) usually 0.5 to 1.0 day before chopping, and raked into windrows (see NAL #4699) to facilitate uptake into the chopper shown here. This chopper was towed by the tractor, and powered by the tractor's power take off. This image is bundled with five related images in a Zip file NAL #4506.

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Chopping hay

Credit: Hoard's Dairyman

Digital Credit: Michel Wattiaux

Publisher: Unknown