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  • Will Baleage Pay? Consider Feed Needs, Economics

  • Baleage Q&A: Will It Work For Me?

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Baleage

  • Bust these 5 Myths about making baleage or baled silage

  • Baleage – Not Just for Dairies

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    Timeframe to Making Baleage

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  • Baleage Moisture Content

  • The Baleage Advantage (Over Dry Hay)

  • Benefits to Making Baleage

    Benefits to Making Baleage

  • Rural America Live: Advantages of Baleage with Josh Vrieze and Marlin Bohling

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    Baleage: The hottest thing in haymaking

  • Baleage Tips

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  • A Signature Legacy

  • What you need to know about silage nutrition

  • Improved yield helps dairy production

    A Cut Above the Rest: How Cutting Length and Harvesting Impact Feed Quality

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    Hay Management Practices

  • Why Do Beef Producers Turn To Baleage?

  • Vermeer R2800 twin basket rake

    Twin basket rakes: a case study for quality and baleage

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    Best Bale Wrapping Practices

  • Wet hay vs. dry hay – which do cattle prefer?

  • Raking alfalfa and making hay: tips for alfalfa leaf retention.

  • Netwrap vs. twine: how to choose for your operation

  • Best Practices for Wrapping

  • Harvesting cover crops as forage on prevented planting acres

  • A Vermeer 605S Rancher baler shapes bales in a hay field.

    A guide to choosing the best round baler for your needs

  • Meet Your Cows’ Nutritional Needs at Critical Stages

  • The Growing Trend of High-Moisture Baling and Wrapping

  • Farmers Switching Cash Crop Acres to Forage Crop Acres

  • Is Baling Twine or Netwrap Better For Your Operation?

  • Why Jeff Jones Switched to the 504R Premium Baler

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    How Vermeer equipment is supporting the next generation of dairy farmers

  • Vermeer basket rake

    Expert advice on simplifying your rake selection

  • A Vermeer hay rotary rake creating a windrow.

    Rotary rake best practices for quality haymaking 

  • Vermeer® Net Strength Test

  • What to look for when buying quality hay

  • Vermeer MC3700 Mower Conditioner in Field

    Sequence of Drying Forage

  • Inline vs Individual Wrappers

    Inline vs Individual Wrappers

  • Bale Storage Considerations

    Bale Storage Considerations

  • Still searching for alfalfa winterkill answers

  • A Story of Family and Farming: Building a Bred Heifer Business

  • Jorgensen Land & Cattle – A Story of Excellence and Innovation

  • Get the Most From Your Hay With the Right Storage Strategy

  • High-Moisture Forage Advantages

    High-Moisture Forage Advantages

  • New 10-Series Small Trailed Mowers Get the Job Done

  • Be a smart hay negotiator with these tips

  • Plastic wrap for dry hay sustains quality

  • Hands holding fresh silage in the field before it is baled

    The Story on Making Silage Bales

  • Buy hay the right way

  • 2019 New Product Spotlight: 604 Pro G3 Baler

  • Ready to put up hay? Tips to get started

  • Cattleman Boosts Animal Husbandry, Feed Efficiency with Indoor Cow/calf Facility

  • Post-Season Equipment Checklist

  • Tips on Pricing Forage in the Field

  • Baler, tedders create new silage baling efficiencies

  • Questions to Ask Before Reseeding Forages

  • Pre-Cutter Balers Benefit Both Hay And Livestock Producers

  • Feedbunk Management Tips

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