With the need to increase our hay production & no additional land available, we made the decision 2 years ago to start maximizing the production of volunteer rye grass each spring instead of spraying to kill it. We learned that first year that if we harvested early enough to maximize quality, there was no way to get the rye grass dry enough to safely store it in our hay barns. We were also faced with needing a new hay barn in order to store more hay. Our dilemma was solved by adding a high moisture bale wrapper to our program in the spring of 2009. By the end of last summer, we had wrapped approximately 800 roles of rye grass & bermuda grass haylage, saving great quality hay and eliminating the need for another hay barn. This spring, we are going to get 2 cuttings of rye grass from almost all of our hay land, having approximately 1,000 rolls of hay stored before our bermuda grass even gets started, successfully increasing our hay production by 30% with no additional land or investment in a new hay barn. We also learned last winter that when cattle are given the choice of a haylage bale along with a high quality dry bale, they will clean up the haylage before going to the dry hay.