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When it comes to raising poultry, providing an enriching environment is essential for their health, well-being, and productivity. While proper nutrition and housing are crucial, integrating enrichment elements into their surroundings can significantly enhance their...

As October arrives in the UK, the farm undergoes significant changes and transitions. The last month or so has seen the culmination of the harvest season and the beginning of preparations for the approaching winter. Harvest Time in Review September marked the peak of...

As livestock owners, we always strive to provide the best care and nutrition for our animals. One essential aspect of their well-being is their diet, and the quality of hay and haylage plays a crucial role in meeting their nutritional needs. In this article, we will...

Make hay while the sun shines Just like every other farmer out there at the moment we’re busy day and night on our tractors bringing in the crops before the weather changes. But have you ever had a delivery of our hay bales and wondered… How do they actually make it?...

Baled – What the Three D’s mean for our customers Here at Baled, we are all about providing the best quality hay, haylage and straw for whatever purpose – Whether that be for our smaller pets and animals, poultry, equine. We’ve also been known to provide our bales as...

Baled Supports Young Star Showjumper Sienna Palin   Sienna Palin is a 14-year-old showjumper with big dreams become one of the Nation’s best. Sienna’s on track to be competing nationally with her ponies in UK showjumping. With her level of passion, coupled with...

Hay and haylage play a crucial role in any horse’s diet. As with us humans, each horse will have unique requirements for their nutrition. Ensuring you’re giving your horse the ideal diet is a big responsibility, but we’ll break down the factors you should be...

When it comes to feeding your horse or pony, hay is a very common choice, of course -- as it should be! Although alongside all the great attributes of hay, come some less favourable characteristics. These characteristics can start to cause problems for your horse, but...

It’s that time of year, where insulation and ventilation are important. Heating an area can be expensive whether it is your house, the barn or cage for your large or small animals. Straw bales, produced as a co-product of cereal crops such as wheat and rice or hay...

How to manage equine asthma? Equine asthma is a non-infectious inflammatory airway disease that is often triggered by environmental allergens such as fungal spores found in hay and straw. Equine Asthma can also be brought on by other external factors such as pollen,...

Feeding Animals: Are your animals feeling the change in the seasons? It’s that time of year, where the season is changing. The daylight hours are shortening, weather conditions varying, temperatures fluctuating and the change in colour of the leaves. These all signal...

Biosecurity plays a vital role in protecting and keeping birds across the UK safe from disease, find out how you can play your part in keeping the poultry industry safe.

Some people might see Hay and Straw as interchangeable products? They are both light and easy to move, however, they are very different in a variety of ways. Hay Hay is used as animal feed and is essentially dried grass that is greenish in color. Hay can be available...

Making sure your horse has the right bedding for them can be tricky as there are a number of different options, from shavings and carpet right through to wood pellets. Let us help you make your decision.

Planning your long-awaited rustic wedding? Looking to bring a relaxed, country feel to your garden party? Or simply seeking out an easy and effective seating solution for your events? Straw or hay bales are a great choice for wedding and party props. Light and easy to...

We’ve all got a responsibility to look after the environment around us and be mindful of our output. Whether that be carbon output or plastic, just to begin with, we feel strongly that we all have a part to play at Baled. Working with resource like our hay and straw,...

Surface water management is a hugely important issue on all construction sites. The impacts of construction on the surrounding water courses can be devastating and the knowledge and understanding around this has grown significantly over recent years. Developers have...

Straw bales are a great solution to surface water, mud and silt management on your construction site!

There are so many versatile ways that Hay and Straw can be used. From construction to gardening, the possibilities are endless. Find out more!

Having had the pleasure of welcoming Katie Jones, livestock editor of the Farmers Guardian to our farm, we thought we should tell you our story!

Lucerne is a popular product across the continent but remains an untapped protein source in the UK. Here’s how Lucerne can benefit your animals.

Getting the right feeding regime in place can be tricky as there are so many different factors being considered which will affect the type of feed you choose. We discuss what options you have.

Ensuring all animals have a good quality of life is high up on the agenda of not only consumers but farmers too. Here’s where environmental enrichment comes in.

Meet the family who started Baled, and find out a little bit about Red Hall Farm and it’s history.