To most livestock farmers 2022 is a year to remember. This is because the drought caught many unaware before they could stock up on enough quality feed for their animals to push them through. Many ...

The dog days of August are here, and that means silage chopping season is rapidly approaching. How silage is cut and stored depends somewhat on the growing season, says Aaron Saeugling, Iowa State ...

Fodder used to make silage should have a moisture content of 60 to 70 percent or dry matter in the range of 30 to 35 percent. Silage and hay are preserved feeds that come in handy for dairy cows ...

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 many farmers harbouring doubts about the economics of feeding grass silage to cattle and dairy cows, Teagasc cattle specialist LIAM FITZGERALD goes back to basics to take a look at the elements ...

Traditionally, we reseeded fields with just one kg of white clover in the grass seed mix, but since 2022 we have started including two kg of white clover seed into the mix, and when you think of the ...

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, ...

Anyone thinking of making silage in the next two weeks is advised to go ahead. Despite forecasts of wet weather, lower-yielding, leafier crops of grass should wilt rapidly and a delaying cutting will ...

The continued wet weather and poor soil conditions are seriously hampering all farm activities but no where is it more pronounced than in silage making. Most silage is uncut except on the driest soil ...