Harvest moves fast, but slowing down to focus on packing can pay off by protecting feed quality and reducing losses ...

Farmers are being urged to rethink one of the most dangerous jobs on the farm amid fresh warnings about the risks of handling silage bales during feed-out.

Silage is a critical factor in achieving quality milk production and sustaining the well-being of animals. This what every ...

With drought hammering the south-east and more northern and western areas becoming increasingly dry, farmers are feeding ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

Silage time, and I’m reminded of famous baseball player Yogi Berra’s phrase: “it’s déjà vu all over again”. Certain jobs seem to mark the passage of time in a way that reminds you just how fast life ...

The Foundation just completed its first major project when it published the “Silage Safety 101” handbook, of which more than 5,000 copies have been distributed free of charge. In November 2017, the ...

For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

Animals feed in one of the dips at Eldoret Technical Training Institute Kapseret area in Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] For farmers in livestock enterprises such as dairy cows and goats ...

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