A pre-cut grass sample, analysed for crude protein content and nitrate nitrogen levels, should be used as a gauge to time all silage cuts this season and review fertiliser inputs. Taking a grass ...

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Silage is expensive to produce, never mind wasting it due to poor pit management. With that in mind, independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy gives his tips on how to make the most of what you've ...

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Using an additive on your grass, maize or wholecrop silage at harvest can yield many benefits, including helping to produce a better-quality feed and improved animal performance. Published Jan 21 ...

Silage Pits and Bales are being opened all around the country as the recent weather is making housing necessary to avoid damaging paddocks and, more importantly, maintain intakes and animal ...

Dairy farmers shouldn’t underestimate grass silage as a dietary mineral source, as Jeremy Hunt found out at a recent forage mineral day Dairy farmers need to be fully aware of the precise mineral ...

It is impossible to produce high quality silage from low quality pasture, no matter how good the fermentation is. The quality of the ensiled pasture and the quality of the fermentation must be ...

DairyNZ senior farm systems specialist Ron Pellow. Dairy farmers’ pickled pasture – silage – depends on good inputs, DairyNZ says. The industry-good body said that, to produce high-quality grass ...

Start with the basics of good paddock grazing management — it’s important to maximise days at grass as we move into the autumn Cattle grazing on Billy and Anne Gilmore’s farm in Tuam, Co Galway Each ...