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The Easy Silage system, invented in The Netherlands, takes the grunt work out of covering pits, with a heavy-duty plastic rolled on to the ­silage stack through a portable, powered machine.

With grass silage costing £150/t of dry matter to produce, no farm can afford to make mistakes when making, harvesting or clamping the crop. High on that list is how it is covered, and with what ...

Silage effluent is acidic and has a corrosive effect on concrete. As a result, the concrete can deteriorate over time and begin to leak. It is necessary to check silage pits annually for any ...

Silage is expensive to produce, never mind wasting it due to poor pit management. With that in mind, independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy gives his tips on how to make the most of what ...

The pit silage method of dealing with this is to drop paddocks out of grazing rotation to keep the pressure on the remaining paddocks and ensure the grass doesn’t get too far above ideal ...

Opening the silage pit It takes about 30 to 40 days for the silage to mature and be ready for feeding. Never open the whole silage pit at once. Only one end of the narrow side should be opened a bit.

This year’s East of Scotland grassland dairy pit silage winner, Robert Buchanan of Pow Farm, Powmill, Dollar, is no stranger to the top having won the award three times previous, as well as the ...

Silage season is an impressive inhouse operation and consists of five cuts, beginning at the end of April and aiming to be finished by the start of October depending on weather conditions and crop ...

Opening the silage pit It takes about 30 to 40 days for the silage to mature and be ready for feeding. Never open the whole silage pit at once. Only one end of the narrow side should be opened a bit.

Have you worked out how much your pit silage is going to cost this year? The final cost will be strongly linked to diesel prices and contractor charges. Friday, 27 June 2025 ...