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Oliver Landpower can now supply Preservative applicator systems from Harvest Tec for Balers, contact our sales team for more information. Additive is available to order from our Parts teams in a range of sizes, please enquire for more information.
Baler’s Choice
The Proven Preservative and Applicator Systems for Round and Conventional Balers
Baling hay or straw is extremely weather dependent. If you leave hay too long before baling, it will lose quality and yield. Baled too early and at moisture levels above 15%, you risk bales heating up and at worst spontaneously combusting. Without preservative, moulds will also develop resulting in dust and a loss of bale quality, with the result that livestock will be more susceptible to respiratory issues and the nutrient value of the forage will be reduced.
The latest Harvest Tec Application Systems allow you to beat the weather and by using Baler’s Choice hay preservative, safely bale at moisture levels between 15% and 30% moisture.
Being able to safely bale at higher moisture levels has many benefits:
● Greener hay will generally have a higher feed value
● Allows you to bale sooner compared to untreated forage
● Being able to start earlier and finish later extends the baling day and can result in greater productivity and profitability from your baler
● Enables you to make the most of your baler and maximise your return on investment
● Allows you to add value to your bales and achieve a premium product
Harvest Tec applicators are in use on balers around the world. Key to the accuracy of the applicators are the highly accurate precision moisture sensors fitted in the bale chamber. These keep you fully informed of the crop moisture content, and are used by the applicator’s processor to immediately react automatically to any variations in moisture and alter the application rate accordingly.
Harvest Tec applicators have been developed to withstand all the demands of modern agriculture while still delivering increased baler output and producing the highest quality hay and straw with the use of Baler’s Choice preservative.
Mould in hay and straw
The myco-toxins present in a dusty or mouldy bale can be a major challenge to the respiratory system and the cause of illness.
● In humans the most common association would be ‘farmer’s lung’
● In livestock the spores result in respiratory illness, loss of performance and potentially can lead to abortion
In trials at the University of Wisconsin, hay harvested at 22% moisture was tested after 120 days. In untreated bales, mould counts rose considerably to around 2,250,000 cfu’s/gram (colony forming units), while those in the bales treated with propionic acid remained at the same virtually insignificant levels.
Additional trials have also been conducted by a leading agricultural journal in Germany comparing mould and yeast levels in wheat straw bales at 21% moisture after being stored for two months.
