Harvesting and ensiling good alfalfa haylage can be challenging. The high protein and low carbohydrate content can lead to less than optimal fermentation if conditions aren’t right. Most dairies today ...

A lot goes into making high-quality hay. Perhaps the primary way to produce the kind of hay that will give top milk and meat production is to cut the hay at the optimum stage of maturity. Whether it’s ...

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John Tremain’s haylage business has rarely seen such times. As fast as haylage can be placed into bags, the forklift loads them on to a lorry and off they go to customers. “In the 10 years we’ve been ...

Diversification can help to make the most of assets and improve cashflow. One farming family near Newcastle has achieved just this. Shaun Watson makes the most of every asset to bolster his farming ...

The UK’s first haylage workshop will take place on 3 March at Vale View Equestrian Centre, Leicestershire. Organiser the British Grassland Society has put together the event to address the issue of ...

Coming in off the busy country road is a large, open field with a narrow channel at one end leading into a further three creating a complex of paddocks spanning about 30 acres. Bordered by thick ...