Silage is a crucial resource for livestock farmers, particularly in times of crisis. After the bushfires, many farmers faced the dire challenge of feeding their animals due to the loss of pasture and ...

After depleting hay and silage stocks during the drought, farmers across NSW are reaping the benefits of an exceptional season. 12 million tonnes of hay and silage is expected to be made on the back ...

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 ...

A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...

MANDAN, N.D. — Bill Klesalek faced drought in 2020, but hopes the feed he saved from the wet 2019 will get him through this winter. Two years ago he was up to 500 cows, but has cut 350 cow-calf pairs, ...

Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. He says soybean hay and silage ...

LAST week my article concentrated on making sure that there is adequate winter feed available on the farm so that the ewe flock can be housed at the appropriate time. On some farms making enough ...

Silage donated by a Drogheda farmer and loaded free of charge by a local contractor, made its way to Cooley last week. Organised by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Louth Branch, to ease the ...