Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

Forage preservation can be an attractive alternate to cover farmer feed problems to ensure regular supply of fodder even in periods of acute shortage to get optimum production from dairy animals. The ...

Silage and hay are dual multipurpose forage feed which is processed and fed to ruminant animals as supplementary feed in case of lack of green pasture shortage especially during dry season. It is the ...

Josephine is a dairy farmer and trainer in animal production. After years of working with various agricultural organisations, the livestock extension specialist who holds a Master’s degree in climate ...

Baling has begun in paddocks north of Hopetoun and B- double loads of oaten hay are making their way to hay exporters, as well as to dairy farms in Gippsland. All the hay being delivered at this stage ...

WHILE SOME growers insist the effective control of silage operations requires the purchase of all the machinery necessary to complete the task, others believe that being able to summon the services of ...

Pottinger of Austria is the company with the target of changing silage harvesting as we know it. Self loading silage wagons make up one quarter of Pottinger's 124m euro annual sales. And the 131 years ...

WHILE SOME growers insist the effective control of silage operations requires the purchase of all the machinery necessary to complete the task, others believe that being able to summon the services of ...

Forage preservation can be an attractive alternate to cover farmer feed problems to ensure regular supply of fodder even in periods of acute shortage to get optimum production from dairy animals. The ...

Claas has set a new world record for the amount of silage mown in an eight hour period in Colorado in the US. The record was set with the Claas Disco 1100 RC mower conditioner unit, and during this ...

It’s a busy time on farms as contractors get into full swing, with plenty of field work under way. Silage season is nearly upon us, it will kick off in earnest in a little over a month’s time.