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Dairy research indicates that farms, where the first cut is not taken by the June bank holiday are much more likely to run short of silage in a difficult year. The value of slurry has essentially ...

Fertilising for first-cut silage crops is just around the corner. First-cut silage is generally the cheapest forage to make provided of course you get the yield right. Silage is not a cheap crop to ...

Dust and slurry could cause soil contamination in baled silage this year following the particularly dry start to 2022, according to Eurofins Agro UK. He pointed out that if the slurry is not ...

Farmers in Wales risk being fined if they fail to notify Natural Resources Wales (NRW) before starting constructing or reconstructing a silage or slurry store. Advisers have pointed out that some ...

Farming compliance in England is shifting to an environmental focus, although all of the requirements under the Basic Payment Scheme cross-compliance regime remain in place. Soil, silage and slurry ...

GRAZING silage fields in March/April improves the silage quality because it removes all the grass that has grown over the previous three to four months. Silage fields should be closed around early ...

Following months of heavy rainfall across the county, Severn Trent is asking farmers to check stores are operating as expected with no signs of leaks, to prevent slurry from reaching local ...

UP TO 300,000 Irish homes could be heated by renewable gas within the next 10 years through a network of biomethane plants using silage and slurry in a €1.4 billion investment, a new report has found.