Farmers warned cutting grass below 5cm may hit silage yields, delay regrowth and reduce output after drought-hit seasons.

86-year-old Séamus Devane still works a full day, often in sweltering heat, and cuts well over 25 acres of silage every day. He is one of the best known and busiest contractors on the Dingle peninsula ...

SILAGE is simply pickled grass and having an adequate quality of this feed is essential for all livestock farmers. Grass that's cut as silage is preserved in its own juices (acids) which normally ...

PUTTING off the decision to cut silage is not necessarily the best way to approach it in the current poor spell of weather, says Dermot Forristal of Teagasc Oakpark. Decisions should not be avoided, ...

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is looking for grass silage growers in Dorset and south Somerset to take part in a study of raised grass cutting heights starting in April 2006. Many ...

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These are generally operated by contractors called in to produce quality silage that passes stringent new feed tests that look for consistent and optimum moisture content. “It’s not just baling up a ...

MITCHELL, S.D. — The warm, dry weather is putting some farmers ahead of schedule in 2020, with silage cutting underway for some producers in and around the Mitchell area. “We started (cutting silage) ...

Liam Fitzgerald, Teagasc Specialist Advisor, Athenry, says that silage analysis records show that average DMD has fallen by four units, which is equivalent to a loss of at least one kilogram of ...

Is it the GAA provincial championships kicking into gear? Or the days when the weather can' t make up its mind if it wants to be sunny, cloudy, windy or rainy - or all four at once? No, there is one ...

Top Fodder Silage Victorian state co-ordinator Frank Mickan said last week at an Allansford workshop, hosted by Dairy Australia, that wet conditions meant “the possibility of last year happening again ...