The Baleage Boost: This Cattleman Fuels His Herd with High-Quality, High-Moisture Hay

By Becky Mills, Contributor, DTN/Progressive Farmer

If Josh Phares gave a "Most Valuable Forage" award, the ryegrass baleage he puts up every spring would win hands down. "We feed it to our fall-calving cows when they calve [because] the native grasses aren't very high quality," the Clinton, Louisiana, cattleman says.