Good-quality grass silage is the foundation of the winter ration for livestock, and throughout the year for housed systems. A key metric for achieving the best intakes and performance from that fodder ...

Tedding a swath of grass needs to reduce metabolisable energy losses by 0.3MJ/kg of dry matter, otherwise it may not justify ...

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 ...

Former athlete Japheth Mutai prepares silage used for feeding animals at his Kipkenyo Kazi mingi farm in Kapseret Constituency Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Silage is an important part ...

Work done by Teagasc shows that meeting Ireland’s biomethane targets using grass silage and slurry could increase agricultural sector income by about €50 million annually (around 1.25pc) and reduce ...

The main lambing is coming to an end. Overall it was quite a good year. The weather made life a lot easier. Getting lambs out to grass and being dry for a few days really helped to get them ...

Production of biogas from silage maize booms. But this green energy production also has its drawbacks: Maize monocultures block increasingly large areas for food production and result in a monotonous ...

Wholecrop cereal silage has become a key part of how many dairy and beef producers balance diets and stretch forage stocks.

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