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 ...

Farms relying on big bale silage to feed cattle should have an idea of its nutritional value – and ideally get some feedback on their field management. The simplest way to do both is to take a sample ...

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

With silage season upon us now, it is timely to consider some of the main issues around silage making. The objective should always be to make the best quality silage possible. The cheapest and closest ...

I’m planning my silage making based on the meteorological maxim that the weather at the beginning of the Leaving Cert is generally the best we get for the whole summer. I re-stitched in some clover to ...

Approximately 19M grass silage bales are made in Ireland on an annual basis, making this specific form of conserved fodder a ...

Grazing management in the spring and autumn needs to be carried out so as to maximise grazed grass in the diet' ...