Abstract: An improved method and apparatus are provided for forming and individually wrapping round bales of high moisture forage within a bale forming chamber of a round baler. The bales are wrapped to cover their side surfaces and an outer peripheral portion of the ends of the bale with plastic, leaving an unwrapped central portion of the bale ends. The individually wrapped bales are placed adjacent each other end-to-end, such that the wrapped end surfaces of the individually wrapped bales are adjacent each other. By slamming the wrapped bales together end-to-end, the O-ring of plastic on each end of the bales will cooperate to form an air tight seal with an adjacent bale. In one embodiment, a baler is provided with a mechanism for altering the profile of the ends of the bale as it is being formed within the baler. The purpose of the altered profile is to let a wrapping material be brought down over the ends of the bale while the bale is rotating within the baler.