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 ...

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 ...

RON Lampshires silage making is unusual because he stopped using a clamp five years ago and switched the whole of the crop into round bales. At that time his old clamp needed rebuilding, including ...

Cork contractor Alan McGrath is getting impressive returns from his investment in a Kverneland FastBale baler-wrapper Flat out: Contractor Alan McGrath baling silage near Kilworth in Cork last week.

From a distance, neighbouring farmers checking the back 40 would see little black dots in the paddocks that might resemble cows grazing, evenly spaced. But as they approached, they would see the round ...

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 ...