Benefits of baling with Orkel

What are the benefits of baling?

This question is perhaps one of the more complex questions that our sales staff receive when speaking with new customers. Customers usually expect a short answer when, in fact, it is impossible to briefly summarize all of the benefits!

Furthermore, each type of bulk material, be it agriculture, industry, or waste, offer unique baling benefits based on the material's characteristics.

For the sake of good order, this article will focus on the benefits of baling forage with an Orkel compactor:

• Better forage quality
  High degree of compaction eliminates oxygen and leads to higher forage quality.
• Better wrapping
  The film-on-film thoroughly protects your forage's quality and drastically limits the potential food loss.
• Better storage
  High-density Orkel bales can be stored for a longer period of time and at less optimal storage locations than other storage methods.
• Better handling
  High-density bales = Reduced volume. This simplifies the logistics and allows for cost-efficient transport.

1. Better forage quality

Pit silo vs. round bales

Oxygen is the main reason of feed spoilage. Cattle feed is normally conserved in bunker-, tower- or pit silos. When it is time to initiate feeding by opening the compartment, all forage is exposed to oxygen, initiating a degrading of nutrients and spoilage of the forage.

This results in less nutrient-rich forage for your cattle, while increasing the amount of food loss.

Remove the oxygen

When baling, you assure that all the nutrients are preserved by excluding the oxygen from your forage. After opening a bale, the remaining bales stay wrapped and protected against oxygen.

up to 7 litres more milk per cow daily

Studies show that forage conserved in high-density round bales made using an Orkel compactor preserve the nutrients better and will undoubtedly increase the production and quality of milk and meat.

CRV Holland found that dairy cattle being fed maize silage from round bales produced in average 7 liters more milk per cow daily compared to cattle eating the same forage mix previously stored in a bunker silo. They also found that the bale-fed cattle's milk quality was better and their cell count 80% lower.

More meat per cow with Orkel bales.

Up to 20 kg more meat per cow

Another study by Gembloux Agro Bio Tech, comparing the slaughter weight of bale-fed cattle and cattle fed the same forage mix from bunker silos, indicated that the weight (48 hours after slaughter) was in average 23 kg higher for the cattle fed with bales.