As winter progresses and farmers use up the feed in their plastic silage bags, those large white pieces of plastic can quickly become white elephants. Add to that the mountains of high tunnel covers, ...

A Tasmanian plastic recycling business is solving Tasmania's growing mountain of unwanted, used plastic silage wrap. George Town company Envorinex has committed more than $4 million to buy a new ...

Waves of Change is a CBC series exploring the single-use plastic we're discarding, and why we need to clean up our act. You can be part of the community discussion by joining our Facebook group. A ...

Opting for high-oxygen barrier (HOB) films instead of black plastic sheets has been shown to reduce silage clamp losses from 15% to 7%. This could go some way towards protecting farmers against rising ...

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SILAGE is made on 87pc of all farms. Plastic is used when making silage to create the air-free conditions necessary to restrict forage losses. Two layers of 125 micron thick plastic sheeting are ...

What can you do with silage film after you've fed the cows? Turn it into a fence post. An Albury company recycles used silage film into farm products like fence posts They are working on launching a ...

The addition of silage wrap to the list of products attracting the new £200 a tonne plastic tax set to be introduced at the beginning of April this year has created a storm of protest from farming ...

IFA Inputs Project Team Leader, James Kane has said that silage plastic wrap prices have fallen significantly in the last week despite moves by Irish suppliers to limit the price drop and sustain ...