Silage bale wrapping, new trend in fodder packaging lasts two years

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Many dairy farmers are used to buying silage packed in kilos and compressed in open packs. But there is a new trend in town — bale silage.

According to silage experts, bale-wrapping system introduced in mid 1980s, brought in baled silage that is high quality, nutritious and long lasting.