Before using FeedFresh, we had a problem with deer putting holes in the plastic. These holes caused a lot of spoiled feed on our piles, which cost us even more money, hurting out bottom line. Since we started using FeedFresh, the holes from the deer have been eliminated. It also gave us the ability to start using the vapor barrier and cover it in one pass with the FeedFresh.
Micke Dairy – Brillion, WI
The cheapest way to feed our cows is high quality forage. Two years ago we had too much spoilage on the tops of our piles. We had several debates about using an oxygen barrier plastic and decided to give it a try. Our FeedFresh Silage Cover gave us very little spoilage and this year we didn't even discuss it. Everyone could clearly see the value.
Van Erk Dairy - Haviland, OH
Winner of the 2010 FeedFresh™ Testimonial Contest
The FeedFresh product was used on our corn silage and our 3rd crop piles during the 2008 crop year. In both instances, we were able to use half of the labor to apply the plastic, because we had only one layer of plastic to contend with and the oxygen barrier’s characteristics allowed the plastic to set tight to the surface of the feed even with a blowing wind. The plastic did not stretch nor tear when compared to the other plastics while putting tires on it. During feed out, we noted excellent feed quality across the pile surface with no feed that had to be pitched off the top due to mold. Because of these characteristics, the FeedFresh product surpassed our expectations for performance, quality and price.
We have been putting up piles since 2003 and have tried out at least 4 different manufacturers of plastic covers as well as methods of covering feed piles. The plastic we had been using had several problems including:
- “shattering” after about 12-14 months of exposure to the sun
- while placing tires on the pile, we had some instances where the tires would slide off the pile because of too much “slip” in the plastic.
- constantly taping footprints on the surface because the plastic would stretch due to walking on the pile while placing tires.
- having to use a separate layer of oxygen barrier and deal with trying to pull multiple layers of plastic over the pile.
These problems caused us to keep trying and searching for different plastics and/or methods yet still utilize the oxygen barrier, save time and money.
We have been very satisfied with the customer service from Raven Industries. We were asking questions and getting answers to our questions, no matter how difficult or easy the questions were, about 1 ½ years before we purchased anything from Raven. At no point in time were the sales people pushy or condemning of any other competitor’s product on the market. The sales people at Raven were a pleasure to deal with because they applied common sense to everything, right down to price and what is best for their customer’s needs, not necessarily Raven’s.
Grandview Dairy Farm – Brillion, WI
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