After such a wet winter, where little field work was possible, the risk of silage becoming contaminated from soil and slurry when it’s made will be greatly increased. Find out more from Peter Smith, Volac business manager for Ecosyl.
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.
Livestock farmers who experience common grass silage problems of heating, clamp slippage and mycotoxins, should reassess silage-making techniques.
