The grass situation has improved well here in the last week with growth rate holding at 50kg DM/ha. I went up to 5kg of nuts for two weeks, but then the cows started to clean out the sections as well ...
Farmers are increasingly turning to high-moisture corn silage, specifically earlage or snaplage, due to its high energy content and easy digestibility.
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 ...
Topping clamps of maize or grass silage with a layer of fodder beet can provide a ready-made total mixed ration without the challenges sometimes associated with ensiling this mix. Clamping crushed ...
Now, the fields are green again, but as Mr Curtis takes me out in his tractor, he has a bale of silage on the front. "We're taking feed out to the cattle, even though it is late May," he said.