Producing top quality, palatable and nutritious silage is never easy, especially when farming in Scotland’s unpredictable climate. However, Aberdeenshire animal scientists Dr George Whitelaw and his ...

Every year, hay producers in southwest Missouri are faced with a dilemma that puts the practice of harvesting quality forage in jeopardy. “In this region, much of the grass hay and alfalfa needs to be ...

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 ...

LAKE BENTON, Minn. — When you’re in the registered cattle business, there is just no choice but to secure winter feed to ensure proper calving in the spring. If you don’t have high-quality feed, you ...

Feed accounts for the biggest proportion of variable costs on a dairy farm. But that cost is often unnecessarily high because farmers fail to match silage quality to the needs of different stock ...

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