baleage has an advantage over dry hay

Baling high-moisture hay allows you to harvest earlier, avoid damaging storms when hay crops typically fail, and increase yields from later cuttings.

Hay stored outdoors, especially in high humidity environments, can suffer 20 to 30 percent loss in as little as eight months. Use high moisture bales for lower shrinkage. This is a higher quality, higher protein feed that is more palatable.