Leading forage preservation and animal nutrition business, Volac, has expanded its silage additive commercial team in Scotland and Northern England, and Central and Eastern England, with the appointment of two new Technical Business Managers.
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.
