It’s that time of year again where farmers start to prepare to chop corn silage. Some of you may wonder how the corn silage stays so fresh throughout the year and others might wonder how nutritious ...

How can you produce beef as efficiently as possible to optimise profit? All costs must be looked at. Grass silage is a significant cost on any Irish farm and getting it wrong can prove to be very ...

A mild winter and a cold spring has led to lower metabolisable energy (ME) levels due to increased first-cut grass maturity. This is according to Trouw Nutrition’s Silage Watch analysis of 850 farms, ...

The milk producer is looking forward to a rise in price over the coming months, while the beef producer is not so upbeat. Factory prices continue to creep downwards, which is bad news for weanling and ...

What can you do to take the mystery out of harvesting corn silage? Corn whole plant moisture is key for proper fermentation and is often the most difficult criteria to determine. Harvesting too wet ...