THIS winter’s feed requirements are already on the agenda as silage cutting begins in earnest. A reserve of extra silage will give security for the coming year whatever the weather is like. Plans ...

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 ...

Feeding cattle can be a labor intensive process, and research at Central Grasslands Research Extension Center in Streeter, North Dakota, provides some guidance on practices that can ease the time ...

For producers who bale silage or other forage for feed, John Deere has responded with the introduction of its 900 Series Round Balers. These pre-cutter-type round balers are ideal for producers who ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

As the time changes, I think I will have to bring the cows in at night. We can’t complain with this as we are nearly into November Dermot Walsh: 'I recently administered the salmonella vaccine to all ...

Maximising the value of forage grown on farm can increase profit margins in beef production where winter feed is often the highest variable cost. The economics of growing a crop and its nutritional ...

A feed marketplace says it is well placed with more than 10,000 bales of silage, baleage and hay ready to roll out to farmers ahead of a hot, dry summer. An El Nino weather pattern has been declared ...