Sean Moher: I'm looking forward to a new protected urea product to test

Even though rainfall has been low this summer, it’s still hard to find 48 hours of ideal silage conditions. 
Sean Moher: I'm looking forward to a new protected urea product to test

Sean Moher is a Signpost dairy farmer based in Mitchelstown, Cork.

We cut the new red clover/grass reseed last week. It yielded just over five bales to the acre after 10 weeks growing. 

Our procedure for harvesting this silage changes depending on conditions. One time, I was advised to leave it wilt for 48 hours and not to ted it out. Even though rainfall has been low this summer, it’s still hard to find 48 hours of ideal silage conditions. 

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