IT IS one of the most popular forage crops in the world and now maize is becoming a fodder option for a number of Tasmania dairy and beef producers. This week the team from Andurt Silage were busy ...

Harvesting fodder maize at an increased stage of maturity improves the starch content of maize silage and the proportion of rumen by-pass starch without negative effects on silage preservation, feed ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

A major stumbling block faced by Indian farmers pertains to the lack of affordable good quality feed and fodder for livestock. A study by the Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute has ...

Rudrapur: To ensure fodder security, Uttarakhand Cooperative Dairy Federation (UCDF) has launched a project under Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to construct traditional underground ...

Every farmer should put a good fodder and financial plan in place now to get through next winter. That was the main message from a Teagasc/Glanbia Silage/Fodder Event held recently on the farm of Paul ...

Fodder demand is beginning to ease around the country as the weather improves and supply chains kick into action. Kerry Agribusiness told the Farming Independent that it has facilitated the ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

Budget 2023-24 has given a boost to the animal husbandry sector. The overall budget for animal husbandry has increased by around 40 per cent (over the 2022-23 Budget Estimate) for its outstanding ...