Grass silage mineral analysis highlights major problems

Following on from my piece last week about minerals this coming season, I had a phone call from Noel Lynch, business development manager with Inform Nutrition in Cork.

Noel has several grass silage mineral analysis back for this year’s crop. He tells me that they do not make for pretty reading.

Many silages are very wet, have a high pH, and ammonia nitrogen readings are excessive. Some silages are coming back with good DMD results, but wet silages with high ammonia nitrogens are not palatable.