During dry seasons, many farmers experience shortage of fodder to feed their animals. This is because they do not conserve pasture, which is abundant during rainy seasons, for use in the dry periods.

Silage and hay are dual multipurpose forage feed which is processed and fed to ruminant animals as supplementary feed in case of lack of green pasture shortage especially during dry season. It is the ...

Dear Joseph Happy New Year, I started diary farming late last year just in time to tap into the lush vegetation that followed the rains. I must say I have not had any feed challenges up to now but the ...

Making silage late into the autumn is no longer the exception to the rule, with farmers ignoring the calendar and opting to cut when quality grass is available. The rules of making late-cut silage are ...

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After developing a strong aversion for wrapping bales in the field where the baler dropped them, Geoff Eyre wasn’t a fan of the somewhat tedious job of collecting wrapped rounds and steadily loading ...