Net Wrap Guide

Awned barley heads at the US National Arboretum, illustrating crop identity rather than a recommended cutting stage.

Forage Barley: Hay or Baleage, and When to Cut

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated September 30, 2026 · ~10 min read Quick answer: Forage barley can become dry hay or baleage, but choose...

Tractor and mower cutting a hay field, half laid into fresh green swaths and half still standing, under a partly clouded sky

Should You Cut Hay With Rain in the Forecast?

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated September 6, 2026 · ~13 min read Seller disclosure: XES Netting manufactures bale net wrap. We do not sell...

Dense green brassica cover crop stand growing in a field, the kind of high-moisture mixed cover crop that will not field-cure into dry hay

Cover Crops for Forage: Graze It, Hay It, or Wr...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated September 6, 2026 · ~13 min read Seller disclosure: XES Netting manufactures bale net wrap. We do not sell...

A long row of individually wrapped white stretch-film baleage bales lined up along the edge of a green field

What Is Baleage Worth? Pricing Wrapped Bales Wi...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated September 1, 2026 · ~11 min read Somebody wants to buy your wrapped bales, or you are trying to...

An AM Stretch-O-Matic 7500 inline tubular bale wrapper wrapping a net-wrapped round bale in white stretch film, with finished baleage tubes in the field behind

Custom Bale Wrapping Rates: What to Charge and ...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated September 1, 2026 · ~12 min read Every June the same question turns up on the farm forums: a...

Fendt tractor towing a green McHale 998 square bale wrapper picking up a square hay bale and wrapping it in black stretch film in a mown field

Wrapping Square Bales: The Corner Problem, the ...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 29, 2026 · ~10 min read Quick answer: Square bales can be wrapped, and big squares are wrapped...