Baleage Workshop
Fri, Jul 18
|Baskin
A workshop to learn all about how to make baleage, and the nutritional value of baleage. All the whys and hows of making wet hay.
Time & Location
Jul 18, 2025, 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Baskin, 6330 LA-132, Baskin, LA 71219, USA
About the Event
Join us at Delta Dairy on July 18 for our baleage workshop to earn from and network with other farmers in Louisiana. Ticket price includes lunch.
Agenda highlights:
Understand WHY baleage might be a better option for your farm, based on nutrition and process/labor
Understand and see the process of creating and handling/moving baleage from start to finish
Understand the pitfalls and common mistakes of making baleage
Full Agenda
7:30 gather and networking
8:00 Introductions
Sponsors
Master Farmer
Ted Miller
Hands-on demos
Discussion of pros and cons
Seeing, touching, smelling and discussing forage sample quality (touch and smell, with handouts)
Demonstration of equipment with Q+A in between
Demo of baler and windrower
Unroll a baler (Hustler)
Cost analysis of baleage vs dry hay (handout)
Economics of equipment replacement (or not)
11:30 Lunch and discussion
12:30 adjourn