Experts discuss the merits of switching from small square bales to either wrapped round bales or bagged haylage and silage for a small dairy farm.

As the time changes, I think I will have to bring the cows in at night. We can’t complain with this as we are nearly into ...

Producing top quality, palatable and nutritious silage is never easy, especially when farming in Scotland’s unpredictable climate. However, Aberdeenshire animal scientists Dr George Whitelaw and his ...

“By knowing exactly what nutrients your forage provides, you can fine-tune rations, avoid toxicity risks and stretch your ...

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 ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

With 12 million big bales of silage made each year on more than 80% of all farms, the Teagasc survey indicates that the equivalent of 700,000 bales have mouldy surfaces. Teagasc researchers say the ...

THERE is much needless waste of silage in wrapped bales all over Australia. Needless because often only a small attention to detail or slight changes to management can stop or at least reduce ...

The winter has been significantly shortened by the mild and dry October, which is very welcome, after last year. The weanlings and cows are now housed and got two more weeks at grass than I expected.