Broken weather leads to silage harvesting difficulties

A lot of very good silage was made in May but towards the end of the month, and in early June, the weather made it very difficult for silage harvesting in most areas.

The best weather often comes in the last half of May. Unfortunately, the weather broke subsequently, and additive was necessary in many crops that were harvested in broken conditions, in order to ensure reasonably good fermentation in leafy crops.

As crops get more mature and stemmy, the requirement for additive becomes less important, especially if the weather is better. Farmers in heavy ground are finding it difficult to harvest silage, or even to graze.