Silage offers farmers a practical and cost-effective way to stabilize milk production by preserving forage during periods of ...

Every livestock producer understands the stakes: forage quality determines herd health, milk production and profitability. Yet many operations still lose 20–30% of nutritional value between field and ...

Silage farmers have been given more control over the quality of their silage through practical tools released by Pioneer.

Livestock production depends largely on the feeding program; and what you should feed your animals will depend on an analysis of the forage quality. So, what is forage quality? It is the potential of ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

New research shows farmers could improve maize yields and silage quality by analysing crops directly and applying more targeted nutrition.

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