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- When you put up wet hay, you
have two choices in wrappers.
Either individually wrap
each bale or one long tube.
Today we're gonna talk
with Tim Schnakenberg,
Regional Agronomy Specialist
for University of Missouri.
Tim, what are some of the considerations
when choosing a wrapper?
- Well, it really depends upon
the needs of the producer.
And then you've got two
very good options there.
The individual wrapper is
gonna be kind of preferred
by people who are selling hay.
You are gonna have a little more
expense involved with the plastic.
Almost twice as much plastic can be used
in the individual wrapper than an inline.
But you're gonna also
have more labor costs.
So, there's pluses and minuses.
You just have to evaluate
that on your own farm.
The inline wrapper is
probably the preference
by many of the producers I work with
because they're not selling hay,
it's maintained well on
the edge of the field,
they can get it out there and
feed it whenever they need to.
And you have less plastic
that you're using,
at least 40% less plastic.
And so, there's less expense
as far as bearable expenses are concerned.
- How much differences are
in the price of the wrappers?
- There can be as much as
10 or $15,000 difference
in the price of those two wrappers.
Usually the individual wrappers
are gonna be considerably less expensive.
- How about the production?
Is there a difference in the
amount of bales that wrapped?
- Yes, the cycle time
is sometimes a big deal
when it comes to what
type of wrapper to use.
I mean, an inline wrapper, generally,
you can wrap one bale in about 24 seconds.
Whereas it's gonna take
you more like 60 seconds
to wrap an individual wrap bale.
- Looks like two pretty good choices
for producers out there.
Thanks, Tim.
With a Makin' Hay
Minute, I'm Bryan Setzer.
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