October means the grass in the pastures is done growing for the year, so the cows are back to eating hay for the winter.The big round bales of hay are served in round feeders. We have enough feeders so all the cows can get food whenever they want it.
This year we had a wet spring so we put most of our first cutting hay into plastic bags. We bale the hay wet instead of dry and stuff the bales into long plastic tubes using a special machine that we rent.
The cows love bagged hay. Because it is baled wet, it ferments inside the bag producing "Haylage" which resembles saurkraut. It smells sweet and has a slight alcohol content. Happy cows!
