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first cut silage

How to achieve a 75-80% DMD silage for your winter milking herd

Dairy

7 months ago

How to achieve a 75-80% DMD silage for your winter milking herd

For most farms, fertiliser is in the ground on their silage blocks and, for autumn calving herds...

Actions to take to reduce silage loss after 'wettest winter'

Dairy Technical

over 1 year ago

Actions to take to reduce silage loss after 'wettest winter'

Farmers harvesting first-cut silage are being warned of "possible fermentation issues" and urged to...

Farmers advised to target third week of May for first cut silage

Dairy Technical

over 1 year ago

Farmers advised to target third week of May for first cut silage

Silage remains in the diets of many herds at the moment, with grazing conditions continuing to pose...

Is it time to prepare silage ground for the first cut?

Dairy Technical

over 1 year ago

Is it time to prepare silage ground for the first cut?

Although there are still many cows in the shed, and grazing has not fully taken off yet, it's now...

Ensuring you get the best use of slurry after first-cut silage

Dairy Technical

over 2 years ago

Ensuring you get the best use of slurry after first-cut silage

Slurry has a massive role to play on farms as it can be used to replace nutrients within the soil,...

Dairy Technical

over 2 years ago

Why harvesting high quality silage is important

There is often an aim to cut silage crops early and harvest as high a quality silage as possible,...

Why harvesting high quality silage is important

Dairy Technical

over 2 years ago

Dairy advice: Preparing for first-cut silage

Although current weather conditions wouldn't suggest it, the harvesting of first-cut silage is just...

Dairy advice: Preparing for first-cut silage

Dairy Technical

over 4 years ago

Completing a fodder budget after first-cut silage

An important job to be completed over the coming weeks is making a fodder budget, to determine how...

Completing a fodder budget after first-cut silage

Dairy Technical

over 4 years ago

Management of silage effluent after first cut

On the recent 'Let's Talk Dairy' webinar Stuart Childs, dairy specialist with Teagasc spoke about...

Management of silage effluent  after first cut

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