Farmers urged to prioritise machinery safety before silage season as HSE figures show vehicles and equipment remain causes of fatal farm accidents.

Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. He says soybean hay and silage ...

Maximising dry matter content is the key to keeping costs under control during this year's cutting season with €14/bale expected, reports Derek Casey Hit the ground running: There's not much sense in ...

Farmers are being warned not to cut corners on machinery maintenance ahead of silage season after new figures show vehicle ...

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Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

Tucked away in a corner of the yard and inherited from a previous generation, silage clamps are often at the bottom of the priority list. But given how important forage stocks are in the grand scheme ...

Farm Contractors Ireland Chairman John Hughes has been in the business for four decades and says the increasing costs and narrowing span of the silage season are placing a heavy burden on contractors ...

Corn silage is outperforming alfalfa in dairy rations in a number of comparisons, Dr Mike Hutjens, Extension dairy specialist with the University of Illinois Extension, said Thursday at World Dairy ...

Silage making time is a high risk time, due to the movement of machinery, persons and grass loads. However safety risks can be minimised by good planning and active consultation between farmers and ...

The tedder and rake market has seen a number of big launches over the last 12 months, especially as manufacturers try to match the high output of the foragers and balers that now follow them. Claas ...

It’s not unusual to see ranks of tower silos standing across the rural North American skyline, but the sight of one in Dorset is far more rare. Tower silos started in the USA and came across to the UK ...