| Inches
of Spoilage |
Pounds
of Spoilage |
% of
Bale Spoiled |
Dollar
Value of Spoilage |
Price
per Ton |
| 2 |
135 |
12 |
$3.05 |
$4.50 |
| 4 |
260 |
23 |
%5.95 |
$8.60 |
| 6 |
380 |
33 |
$8.55 |
$12.35 |
| 8 |
490 |
43 |
$11.00 |
$16.10 |
| 10 |
590 |
51 |
$13.30 |
$19.10 |
| The
losses above are for grass hay. Losses for Legume and
Legume-Grass mixed Hay will be Greater ! |
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sharply reduces these losses with the "Hay Wrap
Method" of wrapping dry hay or haylage !
We
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Store in barn
or plastic?
The building costs go on if you have hay in
the barn or not!
Yes, you protect your bales during the
storage period but what about the critical hours before you
bale? You are still exposed to the whims of Mother Nature and
the weather man. What are you going to do when your hay is
almost dry but you can see thunderstorms on the horizon and
they are moving your way?
The dilemma is to take the chance that the
storms will miss your hay field (of course they miss your
neighbors but not yours) or bale the hay on the tough side
and rush to get it stacked in your new hay barn..If you chose
the latter option you can enjoy the added stress of watching
and waiting as your hay bales go through a melt-down; water
is dripping from the underside of your barn roof in the
mornings. Is that a faint hint of smoke you smell as you walk
by? Well, I know you would never bale hay before it's really
dry. Remember that any time a bale goes through a sweat and
heats up, it is burning up energy...energy that will not be
available next winter when you feed your cattle.
Your second option is to wait, hoping and
praying that your beautiful windrows of prime alfalfa will be
spared from the oncoming thunderstorm. You know the rest of
the story. There's always the next cutting, maybe your luck
will change. This is your lucky day!!You have a third option.
There is a simple, inexpensive solution to all of your hay
making dilemmas.
This simple, rugged, three-point mounted,
hydraulic drive bale wrapper will wrap dry hay bales, wrap
balage (high moisture hay) and also can be used to unroll
both dry and wet bales.
Here are some of the advantages of owning a
Hay Wrap machine:
HayWrap provides cheap, weather-proof
storage for all of your bales, both dry bales and
balage bales.
You will never loose hay quality to
heating and sweating of the bale again. If the
weather is pushing you, bale the hay tough (30%) to
green (75%) moisture and it will keep perfectly, when
wrapped properly with the Hay Wrap machine.
COST PER
BALE FOR STORAGE IN A POLE BARN SIZE:
30' X 60'
(18' inside clearance, open sides, 3' roof overhang, rock floor)
BARN COST:
$10,200 ($9,800 plus $400 for the
rock floor
CAPACITY:
150 bales (6' dia. bales stacked on end
take 36 sq. feet of floor space; they are stacked 3 high)
COST/BALE/YEAR: $68.00
investment X 10% interest =$6.80 ($10,200 divided by 150 bales =
$68.00
| ANNUAL OWNERSHIP COSTS: |
| Property Taxes ( $10,200 valuation) |
$70.00 |
| Building Insurance (
fire and wind) |
$82.00 |
| Contents Insurance (
fire insurance on hay ) |
$72.00 |
| Contents Insurance (wind
insurance on hay ) |
$20.00 |
| Farm Liability ( 300,000
and 1,000,000 medical ) |
$100.00 |
| Yearly Maintenance ( 1%
of original investment ) |
$102.00 |
| Total Annual Ownership Cost |
$446.00 |
|
Total
Annual Cost to store hay in this
barn...........$9.77! ($446.00 divided by 150
bales=$2.97 + $6.80 = $ 9.77 cost per bale to store hay
in a barn! (all prices as of 4-1-1996)
**
Sources of figures
|
**Pole barn by Buchheit
Building......Taxes figured by local tax assessor.... Insurance
figured by Lakenan Ins.
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QUALITY OF
Feed:
Starting in 1989 there
have been numerous university tests conducted on the Hay Wrap
machine and the HayWrap method of preserving dry hay and high
moisture hay (haylage, balage etc.). In ALL of these tests
the Hay Wrap machine has proved it is equal to or better than
total wrap machines in feed quality of the bales at the end
of the test. Of course when considering the cost per bale
preserved the Hay Wrap machine is a definite winner.
| Michigan State University |
| |
HayWrap |
Total
Wrap |
Bale Bag |
| Post Storage Values: |
$41.59 |
$40.76 |
$41.31 |
| Storage System Cost: |
-$4.19 |
-$7.80 |
-$9.10 |
| Net Bale Value: |
$37.40 |
$32.96 |
$32.21 |
Hay Wrap
Advantage......$4.44 per Bale!
|
| University of Kentucky - 1994 |
| Alfalfa and Red Clover |
| |
HayWrap |
Total
Wrap |
Dry Hay |
| Dry matter loss %
during storage |
.1 |
1.8 |
40.0 |
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Machinery Cost per Bale
When is less more? Why pay more for a wrapper that does less?
The HayWrap machine only cost $4,250.00. The simply made HayWrap has a
five year warranty,which is by far the longest in the agriculture field. HayWrap has
proven to be the equal or better of any total wrap machine in the quality of balage at the
end of the storage period. This quality of balage has been documented in university studies.
Below we have provide a table that compares the cost per bale using the
HayWrap with the more complicated and expensive "Total" wrap machines. These figures are generated using an annual use of five hundred bales per
year
| MACHINERY
COST PER BALE |
| |
Initial Cost |
10% Annual Cost |
Cost per Bale |
| Total Wrap Machine |
$16,000.00+ |
$1600.00 |
$3.20 |
| HayWrap Machine |
$2995.00 |
$299.95 |
$0.60 |
Machinery cost per bale per year is equal to 10% of
the original investment divided by 500 bales per year. The total wrap machine puts 20 to30
layers of plastic across each end of the bale, Hay Wrap only comes down on the end ten
inches, and then rams the bales together to expel more air and seal the row.
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Bale Size........Large
or Small...does it
matter?
( Not to the cow!.......but
Ouch! Watch out for your wallet!)
The following table
will demonstrate how when wrapping a dry bale, it is more
cost effective to wrap a large bale as opposed to a small
bale. The same efficiencies follow for the high moisture
balage bales. In this test we put the plastic two layers
thick on the dry bales.
| COST PER TON BIG BALES VS. SMALL
BALES |
| Bale
Size |
# of
bale per roll |
$
per roll of plastic |
Cost
/ Bale |
Cost
? Ton |
| 1000
lb. |
45 |
$82 |
$1.82 |
$3.64 |
| 2000
lb. |
35 |
$82 |
$2.34 |
$2.34 |
| 3000
lb. |
25 |
$82 |
$3.28 |
$2.18 |
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How Wet is Too Wet?
The cows engine runs on dry matter...not
water. It is expensive for you to preserve water. It is also
expensive (energy wise) for your cows, next winter, to try to
heat all that excess water up to body temperature only to pee
it out on the snow
When the rain clouds are racing you to the
finish line........."you've gotta do what you've gotta
do!" We ask however that you consider the following
information in fair weather before you bale your balage above
50% moisture. Bales below 45% moisture will not freeze solid,
instead they get frosty. Bales above 60% moisture commonly
have the liquid collect at the bottom of the bale. This
settlement contains many soluble nutrients that are lost
because of this method of storage. Keep your balage at or
below 50% moisture to save these valuable nutrients.
This table shows the
cost per ton of dry matter stored when both the size of the
bale (in fresh weight) and the moisture content are taken
into account. It becomes obvious that a small (4'X4'), high
moisture (70%) bale is a very expensive way to store hay when
everything is converted to dry matter basis. These figures
are generated using a Hay Wrap machine. The total wrap
machines will use about 25% more plastic per bale because
they put at least 20 layers on the center of each end of the
bale.
The plastic cost per
ton of DM (Dry Matter) is calculated by (line 1) dividing
2000 lbs. by 3000 lbs. which equals 6.66. Multiply 6.66 by
$1.82 ( the cost of HayWrapping 1000 lb. bale) Results =
$12.13 This is the cost of HayWrapping a ton of dry matter if
the bales are 1000 lbs. and 70% moisture. If you were to use
a total wrap machine an extra $3.03 would be incurred just
for the plastic alone! Just wait until we figure depreciation
in to the overall costs!
| HIGH MOISTURE VS. LOW
MOISTURE |
| Bale Size |
DM/Bale |
Plastic
Cost per Bale |
Cost
per Ton DM HayWrap |
Cost
per Ton Total Wrap |
| 1000
lb. |
70%
moisture |
300
lb. |
$1.82 |
$12.13 |
$15.16 |
| |
35%
moisture |
650
lb. |
$1.82 |
$5.59 |
$6.98 |
| 2000
lb. |
70%
moisture |
600
lb. |
$2.34 |
$7.79 |
$9.73 |
| |
35%
moisture |
1300
lb. |
$2.34 |
$3.59 |
$4.48 |
| 3000
lb. |
70%
moisture |
900
lb. |
$3.03 |
$6.73 |
$8.41 |
| |
35%
moisture |
1950
lb. |
$3.03 |
$3.10 |
$3.87 |
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Conversion Table
To convert from wet
tons to tons of dry matter, divide by the DMF. To convert
from tons of dry matter to wet tons, multiply by the DMF.
| DMF = 100 / (100
- % moisture) |
| %
Moisture |
DMF |
%
Moisture |
DMF |
| 30 |
1.43 |
65 |
2.86 |
| 40 |
1.67 |
70 |
3.33 |
| 50 |
2.00 |
75 |
4.00 |
| 55 |
2.22 |
80 |
5.00 |
| 60 |
2.50 |
|
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Putting it All Together!
Compare the HayWrap Advantage
| Machine, Plastic, Labor and Costs per
Bale |
| |
Per 250 |
Per 500 |
Per 1000 |
Machine Cost
(per Bale) |
Theirs
per bale
($1600 per year) |
$6.40 |
$3.20 |
$1.60 |
HayWrap per bale
($300 per year) |
$1.20 |
$0.60 |
$0.30 |
HayWrap per bale
Savings |
$5.20 |
$2.60 |
$1.30 |
Plastic Cost
(per Year) |
Theirs
per year
($3.50 per bale) |
$875.00 |
$1750.00 |
$3500.00 |
HayWrap per bale
($2.34 per bale) |
$585.00 |
$1170.00 |
$2340.00 |
HayWrap per bale
Savings |
$290.00 |
$580.00 |
$1160.00 |
Labor Cost
($7.00 per hr.) |
Theirs 20 bales
per hour |
$87.50 |
$175.00 |
$350.00 |
HayWrap
20 bales
per hour |
$87.50 |
$175.00 |
$350.00 |
| No advantage |
|
|
|
Cost per Year
(Ownership) |
Theirs |
$2,562.50 |
$3,525.00 |
$5,450.00 |
| HayWrap |
$972.00 |
$1,645.00 |
$2,990.00 |
| HayWrap
savings |
$1590.00 |
$1,880.00 |
$2,460.00 |
HayWrap
5 yr.
Savings |
$7,950.00 |
$9,400.00 |
$12,300.00 |
| Cost per Bale |
Theirs |
$10.25 |
$7.05 |
$5.45 |
| HayWrap |
$3.89 |
$3.29 |
$2.99 |
| HayWrap
Savings |
$6.36 |
$3.76 |
$2.46 |
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