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Dry conditions affected both maize and grass growth in 2025. Shropshire farmer Mark Fitton spent a busy autumn getting silage stocks back on track.
After a drought-hit growing season, North Shropshire dairy farmer Mark Fitton of The Farms near Whitchurch seized the opportunity to harvest his 35ha of forage maize almost a month earlier than normal this year.
Welcome to Follow the Maize – an series brought to you by Volac, following Shropshire farmers Mark Fitton and Lucy Pye as they grow and manage their maize crop through the 2024-25 season.
With a mixed bag of grass silage this season, Volac experts around the country share their views on the role that forage maize could play.
