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Partner Insight: A precise but practical approach to better silage

For Shropshire farmer Mark Fitton, good silage is a key pillar for farm profitability, but it still has to be produced in a practical way

18 March 2025 • 6 min read

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Partner Insight: Why Using a Silage Additive on Maize Makes So Much Sense

Excess production of carbon dioxide in silage clamps is a sign that hard-earned silage feed value is being lost. But how could an additive help?

13 August 2024 • 5 min read

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Partner Insight: Make bales of best quality, scientist says

Baled grass silage can be as good as clamped silage, says Volac silage scientist, Dr Mark Leggett, but it is essential to employ equal attention to detail when making it – starting by cutting grass at the optimum time.

12 August 2024 • 2 min read

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Partner Insight: Take steps to minimise aftereffects of wet winter on silage, farmers urged

Heightened risks of soil and slurry contamination in first-cut grass silage after the wet winter, due to increased wheel ruts in fields and delayed slurry applications, will require extra vigilance with silage-making this season, an expert is urging.

09 August 2024 • 3 min read

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Partner Insight: Forage quality underpins South African dairy farm's business resilience

Despite differences between dairy farming in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and the UK, the importance of conserved forage quality to business sustainability is unerringly familiar.

09 April 2024 • 6 min read

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Partner Insight: Five lessons from 2023 that could help improve grass silage in 2024

With challenges in the dairy sector creating a strong case for maximising milk production from homegrown forage, UK dairy farmers are being urged to heed key lessons from 2023 silage making.

21 December 2023 • 4 min read

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Partner Insight: How to make high-quality maize silage

Silage advice from Volac

16 August 2023 • 16 min read

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Partner Insight: Hidden cost of maize harvest mistakes

Good potential in this year’s maize crops looks set to give dairy farmers an opportunity to clamp decent tonnages of quality silage, which could provide a useful buffer with uncertain milk prices, says Volac silage expert, Ken Stroud.

14 September 2023 • 4 min read

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Partner Insight: Five steps for better maize silage

Having good stocks of quality forage helps to improve farm resilience in times of volatile milk prices and unpredictability. Volac silage experts offer guidance.

01 August 2023 • 6 min read

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Key silage lessons for 2023: What can farmers learn going forward?

Last season’s heatwave provided some big lessons for making grass silage. So what can farmers learn for the 2023 season?

08 June 2023 • 6 min read

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New survey reveals multi-cut grass silage benefits in drought-hit 2022

High feed, fertiliser and fuel costs are driving UK dairy farmers to want to produce better silage in 2023. And those who made multi-cut grass silage during the droughted 2022 season tended to be better off.

23 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Preparing for the summer grass growth window a wise investment

Making the right decisions to improve business resilience is key and industry experts agree that producing the best quality silage possible is an important first step towards achieving this.

23 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Plan ahead for better 2023 silage

Farmers looking to make better silage in 2023 to reduce reliance on bought-in feeds should start planning now, urges Volac silage specialist, Ken Stroud, to allow time for appropriate actions. Based on experience, he offers a timely five-point plan.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Getting the most from your silage

The ‘to-do’ list for dairy farmers before first cut can be long, but key tasks must be prioritised to ensure high-quality silage. Volac's experts report.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Buoyant milk prices but high costs make improving forage a 'no brainer'

Buoyant milk prices mean maximising the litres of milk produced is a ‘no brainer’ on UK dairy farms. But high input costs mean doing this cost-efficiently is set to remain essential in 2023.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Milk from forage is a 'no brainer'

Good, but possibly declining, milk prices, coupled with high inputs costs, mean that maximising milk from homegrown forage and silage really is a ‘no brainer’.

27 March 2023 • 1 min read

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Introducing 'Campaign for Better Silage'

'Campaign for Better Silage' is a new 2023 initiative brought to you by Volac, Krone, Sinclair McGill and Yara. The campaign offers advice to dairy farmers on how to navigate the inevitable grassland challenges 2023 will bring, as well as offering best practice guidance to ensure maximum production on every farm.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Five ideas to help boost silage in 2023

As one of the cheapest feed sources available, good grass silage is pivotal to farming profitably – especially now that milk prices have recently fallen back.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read

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Introducing 'The Campaign for Better Silage'

Peter Smith, Volac's business manager, talks through the ‘Campaign for Better Silage', a 2023 initiative brought to you by Volac, Krone, Sinclair, McGill and Yara.

07 June 2023 • 1 min read