Minimum till haylage is a new process where we optimize the forage planted, carefully watch to harvest at the peak of quality, and then use the mower to mix a pile of dirt, dead bugs, half rotten plant residue into the forage to make sure your feed will have limited milk producing ability. Looking at the table at the right, the range of ash is considerable. The worst offended are legume and winter forage (triticale). There are two key points this occurs.