Advice for dairy farmers: Why cows are eating more and more silage

With the end of milk quotas, silage makes up an increasing proportion of feed, because cows are being calved earlier, and will be milked later in the season.

Advice for dairy farmers: Why cows are eating more and more silage

With the end of milk quotas, silage makes up an increasing proportion of feed, because cows are being calved earlier, and will be milked later in the season.

Therefore, more farmers should focus more on silage quality rather than on bulk.

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