Advice for beef farmers: Use scientific methods to establish real nutrition issues on your farm

Getting silage tested before formulating diets for the coming winter is an important way to increase production and keep control of costs.

Many farmers will test their silage for dry matter, protein, energy, pH etc this year, and will seek advice as to how best they can balance it for their stock.

Many this year are convinced that their silage is better than the results that they have received back from the lab.