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 ...

Fodder demand is beginning to ease around the country as the weather improves and supply chains kick into action. Kerry Agribusiness told the Farming Independent that it has facilitated the ...

TOBA TEK SINGH: Farmers, especially small dairy farm owners, are turning to silage feed in Toba Tek Singh, abandoning fresh fodder and cottonseed-cakes, to feed their animals. Silage is fermented, ...

Rudrapur: To ensure fodder security, Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy Federation (UCDF) has launched a project under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to construct traditional underground ...

At last, some progressive farmers of the Malwa region have started storing silage with a new technique for their cattle that will be useful for one year. The technique was launched by the Punjab ...

Fodder used to make silage should have a moisture content of 60 to 70 percent or dry matter in the range of 30 to 35 percent. Silage and hay are preserved feeds that come in handy for dairy cows ...

To farmers who are unfamiliar with winter grazing fodder crops, kale and fodder beet can appear to provide very similar feeds. In fact, there are many points of difference, from yield and cattle ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

Every farmer should put a good fodder and financial plan in place now to get through next winter. That was the main message from a Teagasc/Glanbia Silage/Fodder Event held recently on the farm of Paul ...

THE Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board is mulling extending the ongoing silage production project for livestock and dairy farmers — adding two more districts to the existing four. The move ...

In view of the prevailing drought in some parts of the State, the Animal Husbandry department is making arrangements to supply silage, concentrate feed, green and dry fodder as summer makes cattle ...

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 ...