In the past, my nutrition colleagues suggested that the protein level of corn silage was too low to factor into balancing ...

Silage analysis reveals drought-driven changes in mineral levels across Britain, with ForFarmers advising farmers to watch shifting ...

James Mugerwa, a mixed farmer in Mukono explains that protecting animal feed quality is an important aspect of grain feed stocks. Mugerwa says that to minimise spoilage, smallholder farmers can bag ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

Dairy farmers’ pickled pasture – silage – depends on good inputs, DairyNZ says. The industry-good body said that, to produce high-quality grass silage, both the quality of the original pasture and the ...

Grass has never stopped growing: the unseasonally mild weather means we still have an abundance of it, and a few team members ...

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has successfully completed the First Phase of the “Economic ...

Producing silage must now be a priority, and striving for quality must still be the aim, writes independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy. Cows and cattle will consume more top-quality silage, and ...

Now in its ninth year, the competition sets an industry benchmark, fostering better-quality feed – and milk and meat production – which benefits the entire agricultural value chain, says Hanlie Kroese ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

Silage producers could reduce clamp dry matter losses by 10-15% by using a silage inoculant. According to Christer Ohlsson, global product manager at Chr Hansen, most European farmers are experiencing ...