With a lower milk payout and a potentially hot, dry summer ahead, effective maize management to reduce nutrient and dry matter losses will be key. That’s the view of Nutrinza managing director Warren ...

The value of maize silage in beef rations is well recognised throughout the world. It is a competitive alternative feed to grass silage for winter rations. In a year such as this, with fantastic grain ...

Analysis of nearly 700 samples of maize silage suggest it should feed well this winter and complement this year’s grass silages. This is according to Liz Homer, ruminant technical development manager ...

No two years are the same in farming, as Max Tite’s experience of growing maize with minimal soil disturbance shows. But, with the right weather conditions, he has found that a no-tillage approach to ...

IT IS one of the most popular forage crops in the world and now maize is becoming a fodder option for a number of Tasmania dairy and beef producers. This week the team from Andurt Silage were busy ...

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UP UNTIL now, the growing of forage maize in Scotland has largely been limited to the south-west, with dairy farmers being the main supporters of the crop. But yesterday more than one hundred farmers ...

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THE LG Maize Technical Manual published by Nickersons (UK) Ltd outlines the nutritional characteristics of maize silage, suggesting different ways it can be used within high input and low input dairy ...

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