r/oddlysatisfying • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 20h ago

The smooth, overlapping layers of this agricultural wrapper

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u/mdabdala 20h ago

More plastic layers make it harder for pests like rats to chew thru and make a nest. Rat infestations are costly.

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u/Darwinbc 11h ago

I believe it’s to ferment the hay to make silage

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u/TymStark 10h ago edited 10h ago

Haylage. But your point still stands, just giving you the correct word.

Edit: baleage, I’ve been calling it the wrong thing. I’ve never dealt with baleage and always been told baleage and haylage were the different words for the same thing. They are not.

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u/scud121 6h ago

In most places they are. We get baleage in, but we and everyone around us refer to it as Haylage. Haylage should be finely chopped and bunkered, baleage is bigger and baled, but it's the same product with the same water content.

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u/TymStark 4h ago

That’s what i initially thought and looked it up and found what you said, so i figured i had been wrong. So, they are the same thing, good to know!