{"id":1021,"date":"2026-07-30T03:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hay-balers.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:45:57","slug":"square-hay-balers-for-poultry-swine-bedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hay-balers.com\/tr\/application\/square-hay-balers-for-poultry-swine-bedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Hay Balers for Poultry & Swine Bedding Production"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Industry Application \u2014 Livestock Bedding<\/p>\n

Square Hay Balers for Poultry & Swine Bedding Production<\/h2>\n

Why straw in small square format is the preferred bedding material for broiler, turkey, and swine operations \u2014 and how to produce it efficiently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Poultry and swine operations consume enormous volumes of bedding material. A commercial broiler barn housing 30,000 birds goes through several tonnes of straw per flock \u2014 and most integrated broiler producers run multiple flocks per year. Swine farrowing facilities require consistent deep-litter management throughout the production cycle. In both cases, the bedding material arrives in a format that can be handled efficiently by barn staff without machinery inside the facility itself.<\/p>\n

That requirement \u2014 hand-distributable, no machinery in the barn \u2014 defines the format: small square bales. A single bale carried through a barn door, broken open, and spread by hand covers a meaningful area of floor. The process is scalable to any barn size and doesn’t require a tractor or loader inside the facility at any point during the bedding cycle.<\/p>\n

Bedding Requirements by Species<\/h2>\n

Different livestock species have different bedding requirements, and understanding them shapes both the crop choice and the bale specification:<\/p>\n

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Broiler Chickens<\/p>\n