Putting a focus on silage quality this summer - tips to boost your crop this year

When the feed will be present in the diet for up to seven months of the year, a few days’ work is a small price to pay for better quality silage, writes Alltech InTouch Nutrition Specialist Bernard Stack.
Putting a focus on silage quality this summer - tips to boost your crop this year

When the feed will be present in the diet for up to seven months of the year, a few days’ work is a small price to pay for better quality silage, writes 

Grass silage plays a crucial role in all production systems across dairy and beef farms.

Without a doubt, it is important to have enough silage to meet the demands of your herd. But the issue with focusing on large, bulky crops is that there is a drop in silage quality both in DMD and energy values.

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