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Grass silage is pickled pasture, preserved through the conversion of its sugars into lactic acid by bacteria.

As I write this article, we have just had our first frost in the Waikato, a change in weather signalling that winter is upon us.

Waikato farmer Dave Muggeridge was fed up with water seeping in through his maize silage cover and spoiling feed.

Creating perfect silage is both a science and an art, and it all begins with the right tools, according to machinery maker Claas.

Good silage starts by cutting the crop at the correct growth stage, followed by reducing moisture content, chopping to a consistent length, then stacking in a clamp.

It is impossible to produce high quality silage from low quality pasture, no matter how good the fermentation is.

By the middle of September, the grass silage making season will be well underway.

A clever idea from the Emerald Isle, addresses the issue of stability when operating loaders on silage stacks.

Kuhn's new SPV Access and Power self-propelled silage cutter and mixer models have been developed to provide users with a compact, low height, easy to handle machine, with a 126kW (170hp) engine.

Silage wrap's key role in baleage production for winter feed has manufacturers pushing the boundaries of polymer production.