Grass silage makes up around a quarter of the annual feed budget on the average dairy farm. It is essential then, to have a plan in place to avoid deficits both in bulk and feed value. What happens on ...

Dairy producers have been putting haylage into bunkers, bags and piles for nearly two months, and ensiling corn is but a couple of months away. This is a reminder that despite the work, covering ...

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Thomas Hind, senior rural surveyor at Carter Jonas, sets out the considerations for ...

Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...

SILAGE is simply pickled grass and having an adequate quality of this feed is essential for all livestock farmers. Grass that's cut as silage is preserved in its own juices (acids) which normally ...

Corn silage has always been a major feed component in dairy and beef rations. However, this year’s weather is making harvesting corn silage a challenge for many areas of the state. Northwest and ...

A focus on planning, harvesting and ensiling silage is helping a Wiltshire dairy farmer to optimise feed utilisation and keep costs down. Joe Carter believes you get from cows what you put in, and ...

Over the spring, a lot of silages that were fed had a detrimental effect on animal performance if sufficient concentrates were not fed. It’s the beginning of April, and first-cut silage is just over a ...