86-year-old Séamus Devane still works a full day, often in sweltering heat, and cuts well over 25 acres of silage every day. He is one of the best known and busiest contractors on the Dingle peninsula ...

MITCHELL, S.D. — The warm, dry weather is putting some farmers ahead of schedule in 2020, with silage cutting underway for some producers in and around the Mitchell area. “We started (cutting silage) ...

These are generally operated by contractors called in to produce quality silage that passes stringent new feed tests that look for consistent and optimum moisture content. “It’s not just baling up a ...

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is looking for grass silage growers in Dorset and south Somerset to take part in a study of raised grass cutting heights starting in April 2006. Many ...

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PUTTING off the decision to cut silage is not necessarily the best way to approach it in the current poor spell of weather, says Dermot Forristal of Teagasc Oakpark. Decisions should not be avoided, ...

The scents of a late summer night are sweet and evocative. I sink into them as into a cool, northern lake. To tread on bergamot or gill-over-the-ground in the darkness is to be instantly enveloped in ...

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Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

The harvest date of silage should be set by what the silage is expected to do in relation to animal requirements. Ideally, we want a high yield of quality silage at least cost. Since yield and ...