As grass availability continues to fall, the majority of farmers will be feeding silage whether cows are housed or not.

Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

Moulds can thrive in silage that’s not well managed, worsening the problem, advises independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy ...

Silage is the material produced by controlled fermentation, under anaerobic conditions, of chopped crop residues or forages with high moisture contents. Desirable characteristics of material used in ...

With grass silage costing as much as €250/t of dry matter to produce, no farm can afford to make mistakes when making, harvesting or clamping the crop. If you have ticked all of the boxes in an effort ...

This year's prolonged and chilly spring, particularly its night-time low temperatures as late on as May, have meant that grass growth and its crops – first off silage and later hay, has been on the ...

For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

Luke said he had resisted initial encouragement from his agronomist to grow maize for silage but said this year it was proving to be an excellent drought strategy. The Leawood Angus principal runs a ...

The rain came at last and saved the day. The last week in May we had plenty of showers to give our fields a good old soak, and it brought some colour and grass, back to our south-facing sides. The ...