About a million hectares of first-cut silage will be harvested in Ireland this year. In this two-part series, Thomas ...

Storing silageMatovu said it can be kept in silage pits or drums. “We can keep silage in silage pits, but the pit should allow water to flow out of the silage. The pit should be on a gradient ...

Over the past two years - due to the wet, late spring weather - the opportunity to control docks in silage ground has proven difficult.

While big-bale silage is well accepted today, Michael Moroney looks back to the early days of the system and his first ...

“If you can’t process the grain head, you need to harvest early. And then leave it in the (silage) pit for as long as possible, because time, moisture and kernel softness are your best aids.

As the silage-making season approaches, Limerick City and County Council is reminding farmers of their obligations to manage silage effluents ...

Too much poor or average silage in the pit will, in fact, increase overall production costs. Producing silage from rented/leased land has had a hugely detrimental effect on silage quality in ...