Good site preparation key to quality silage By Trish Lewis, Forage and Nutrition Consultant Good preparation of a silage stack or pit site before the contractor arrives is a critical component of making quality silage. It is a waste to cut a young, leafy crop of grass, wilt it well but then contaminate it with […]
How can you harvest the same maize, but get more of it? So you’ve done the ground-work, grown the crop, paid for it to be harvested and stacked, now what’s in the stack is what you’ve got, right? Unfortunately what you grow and harvest is not what you get. Once maize silage is in the […]
After ten years in the making, Nutritech is proud to launch a new silage inoculant technology that significantly improves both the quality and aerobic stability of maize, wholecrop and other silages that are prone to heating. Using MAGNIVA®Platinum it is safe to open stacks at 2 weeks rather than waiting 6 weeks for any inoculant […]
Last season was a challenging season for many, with very wet conditions in some areas and extremely dry conditions in others. Grass silage demand soared, and in most cases there was not enough feed to go around. Now that we have an opportunity to replenish our supply of grass silage, it is a good time […]
Silage quality is made up of not just the nutritional quality of the crop when it is cut, but also the fermentation and hygienic quality. Managing air is a critical step in reducing damage and losses in silage caused by these ‘bad bugs’ or spoilage organisms that thrive on air. Getting rid of the air […]
