silo bags??

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2011

remember when I left SE OH 20+ years ago seeing these long plastic tubes packed full of silage laying in fields. Is this still done? Just came to mind when I saw the neighbor doing his silo trenches and wondering why it isn't done here (that I've seen anyway)...

Done now....

LOU from WI · Sep 22, 2011

Dave,
It's still done here in N Wisconsin, sorta looks like a white whale laying in the fields.Seems they are getting fewer and farther between for seeing them,but it's still done.
Lou & Victor

Ivan in Mich · Sep 22, 2011

Dave
They are using them in the Baumholer area. Just got back and seen some just down the street from where we stayed. Most were using the bale wrap but this one had those big long bags

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2011

(quoted from post at 01:54:37 09/22/11) Dave
They are using them in the Baumholer area. Just got back and seen some just down the street from where we stayed. Most were using the bale wrap but this one had those big long bags

How was your trip??? Maybe it's the equipment needed to fill the bags tight???? Folks I see just dump it in the trench and drive over it with the tractor then cover with plastic and dirt afterwards......

Mike (WA) · Sep 22, 2011

Still pretty popular with dairies in the Pacific Northwest- although the number of dairies continues to decline. The outfit that makes the system (Ag Bag) is in Oregon. Minimizes spoilage, and is more practical than wrapped bales for larger operations. But the really big outfits still use bunker silos.

twostepn2001 · Sep 22, 2011

I've seen a few feedlots around here in central west Texas that use them. I don't know what you call the machine that fills the bags, but the one I saw was blue and black and had NH graphics on it.

KYfarm · Sep 22, 2011

I see them here in KY all the time, usually filled with chopped corn

Leroy · Sep 22, 2011

Ohio they are real popular, some of the dairys will have along with multiple uprite silos have a dozen or more silage bags from a hundred feet long to 500 feet long. Only one place that I know of uses a bunker type. Machine is called a bager and different makes around.

mkirsch · Sep 22, 2011

Dad put up a few bags when he had more than the silos could take, but not enough corn left to combine.

I passed a bag machine on the road just the other day, so someone is still doing it around here.

Bags are really only suited to smaller farms, but there aren't that many of those around anymore. They're great when you only take a few bucket fulls every day, but on big farms they'd go through a whole bag every couple of days. You'd have to have a full-time guy just to peel the plastic off the bag while the loader operator scooped it into the mixer.

Bunks are the only practical way to move enough feed on a large farm.

John Harmon · Sep 22, 2011

My cousins in Kentucky use bags for corn silage.They are dairy farmers and now are set up to use this silage system.I don"t think the way they handled the silage at first worked very well but it seems to now.They load it into a side unloading wagon and bunk feed it.

oldtanker · Sep 22, 2011

Yea Dave they are still doing it. The biggest problem with it accourding to a freind who puts his silage up that way is getting rid of the plastic. That may be why it isn't too popular in Europe is the disposal of the bagging material. Most of the really big feed lots and dairies use the big bunker systems. Lot faster turn around when you can use a dump trailer/truck!

Rick

GordoSD · Sep 22, 2011

More and more of them here also. Custom operator has the forage cutter. It's calle "earlage" in Dakota.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2011

They are still used here in Ontario, but are not cost efective in the long term. Farmers like myself that are in for the long haul, will tell you it is better to spend some cash on a bunk/trench silo.With a perment silo your cost per ton of feed stored per year over say ten years will be less. Bags do make short trem fix for a lack of long term storage, and during a growth stage in a farm . One other valueable point in favor of a agbag is there are no permits, tax, or set backs from property lines with a bag.

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