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 ...

Baled silage is now made on over two-thirds of all farms in Ireland and accounts for one-third of all silage made. Farmers, contractors and everyone else on farms need to know and understand the risks ...

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 ...

Cork contractor Alan McGrath is getting impressive returns from his investment in a Kverneland FastBale baler-wrapper Flat out: Contractor Alan McGrath baling silage near Kilworth in Cork last week.

Question: I’m searching for a 2021 hay supplier and a few of them I’m talking with use preservative (e.g. propionic acid) if needed when baling. What is that and is it safe for horses? Answer: ...

A community on the Loop Head Peninsula in Co Clare have rallied to support three Leaving Cert students to progress a project they had entered in the 2021 BT Young Scientist Competition. The project, ...

Delivering the Right Hay Tools for the Silage Market Kubota’s new round baler series will include two new models – the BV4160SS and the BV4180SS – that are designed specifically for producers who need ...

ELLA, Iowa, September 13, 2011 â Two state-of-the-art bale-wrapping systems, designed to help producers turn silage bales into individually wrapped high-nutrition silage packages, were introduced ...