With silage season upon us now, it is timely to consider some of the main issues around silage making. The objective should ...

The fall-out from Timaru’s water woes continues, with one councillor calling for an independent investigation and confirmation the district council was aware of the silage pits linked to the debacle ...

It once meant hard work and simple tools; but silage time now raises questions about sustainability and the true price of ...

With grass silage costing £150/t of dry matter to produce, no farm can afford to make mistakes when making, harvesting or clamping the crop. High on that list is how it is covered, and with what, says ...

Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

Silage is expensive to produce, never mind wasting it due to poor pit management. With that in mind, independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy gives his tips on how to make the most of what you've ...

Environment Canterbury has confirmed it has located 11 properties with silage pits in protected drinking water zones across South Canterbury in the wake of Timaru’s dirty drinking water woes. The ...

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 ...

Fodder used to make silage should have a moisture content of 60 to 70 percent or dry matter in the range of 30 to 35 percent. Silage and hay are preserved feeds that come in handy for dairy cows ...

Cost of achieving animal performance is far less when young top quality grass silage is fed, says independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy Contractor Mark Troy, Knockroe, Bandon & Neilus Lehane, ...

A silage pit on a farm. A farmhand died after reportedly suffocating inside a similar pit in Kigumo, Murang’a County.A 40-year-old farmhand has died after reportedly suffocating inside a silage pit in ...