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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Birds are a major source of damage to baled silage, but tears can occur at the baling and gathering stages, too. If a hole is not patched, air will seep in for the entire period between ensiling and ...

The winter has been significantly shortened by the mild and dry October, which is very welcome, after last year. The weanlings and cows are now housed and got two more weeks at grass than I expected.

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