ON 87% of farms producing big bale silage, mould is present on a large portion of bales. However, this problem can be avoided. Baled silage is now made on two thirds of all farms in Ireland and ...

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 ...

MONETT, Mo. - Cattle producers can do a lot of work to bale hay only to see quality lost during storage and feeding because bale wrapping is inadequate, according to Rob Kallenbach, University of ...

This compostable net wrap fits for regenerative agriculture and changes hay feeding, saving hours of labor and the lives of ...

The Maxilator Bale Splitter easily slices through round bales and retains plastic wrap, net wrap and twine. A single operator can pick up, move and split round bales up to 6-by-6 feet without leaving ...

Conserving multispecies swards as hay instead of silage has cut losses from spoilage and saved wrapping and disposal costs for Sam Pearman’s outwintered suckler cows on a bale-grazing system. See also ...

A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...

Approximately 19M grass silage bales are made in Ireland on an annual basis, making this specific form of conserved fodder a ...

Farms relying on big bale silage to feed cattle should have an idea of its nutritional value – and ideally get some feedback on their field management. The simplest way to do both is to take a sample ...