Now is the time to get ahead with your winter feed budget
The harvest of wholecrop cereals will start soon and crops are pretty variable, as some were significantly affected by late drilling and all of the wet weather, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.
I have just started to prepare feed budgets for nutrition customers for the coming winter. It may only be the end of June, but plans for winter feeding are already being put in place. Second-cut silage will be saved over the coming weeks.
If extra stock are to be wintered this year, additional fodder will be required, so assessing requirements sooner rather than later is essential. For some, it will be more of an issue, as the poor growth of April, May and early June will have meant that little or no surplus bales have been made from the grazing platform.
