Campaign for Better Silage is a new initiative offering advice to dairy farmers on how to navigate the inevitable grassland challenges 2023 will bring, as well as best practice guidance to ensure maximum production on every farm.
Once forage has been clamped, as well as preventing rain driving into the open clamp face and ‘washing away’ the fermentation acid that’s preserving it, the key is to minimise ingress of air.
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.
