What Can You Learn From Last Year’s Harvest? Looking back at last year’s harvest is one of the simplest ways to make better silage decisions for the year ahead. Yield, forage quality and what shows up ...

James Mugerwa, a mixed farmer in Mukono explains that protecting animal feed quality is an important aspect of grain feed stocks. Mugerwa says that to minimise spoilage, smallholder farmers can bag ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

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, ...

Additionally, mycotoxins suppress the immune system, which can lead to multiple issues such as swollen hocks, lameness, rough ...

Some dairy farmers often introduce silage to heifer diets too early, which can be dangerous. Cargill’s heifer specialist Bianca Theeruth answers key questions about feeding silage to youngstock. A ...

Changes in silage production could help cut greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Agriculture is the largest source of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions in the United States. N 2 O is the third ...

Even though many have not finished feeding silage yet this spring, next season’s crop must be planned for. Temperatures look like being suitable for growth over the coming week, and hopefully beyond.

Good quality silage can still be made in a wet season provided the sward and the cut grass are properly managed, believes nutritionist Mateusz Mieczkowski. “With feed costs soaring it’s important to ...

Silage in Farming Simulator 25 is a vital source for boosting your farm's productivity. It is a fermented feed produced from crops like grass or chaff, significant in feeding most animals, especially ...