The wet weather is hampering farmers getting their slurry storage tanks emptied after winter.

“We’ve seen this in previous seasons and it’s potentially down to two reasons,” he said. “Firstly, with the generally mild winters we get nowadays, grass growth is almost continuous. So by mid-May, ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

Alltech’s Better Quality Silage Programme is allowing dairy and beef farmers throughout Northern Ireland to constructively ...

KEARNEY - There's still feed value in hail-damaged corn as silage or high-moisture corn. But close monitoring is needed to ensure the correct moisture, said Buffalo County Extension educator Brent ...

Good-quality grass silage is the foundation of the winter ration for livestock, and throughout the year for housed systems. A ...

A common fermented feed for livestock churns out a potent greenhouse gas, but scientists in Kansas say they’ve figured out an affordable way to one day tackle the problem. A team of scientists at ...

Cheshire farmer James Witter mowed a fifth cut of grass silage on 28 December 2025, picking it up on New Year’s Eve, just ...

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Winter grazing strategies are reducing reliance on one producer's stored feed, but cost-saving measures don’t always meet nutritional needs.