Bales offer cost and flexibility advantages

摘要

Farmers in a range of systems are reaping the benefits of baling their silage instead of clamping it. The farmers say bales offer more flexibility than clamp silage and that they have become integral to their feeding systems. Milk producer Keith Davismanages the quality of his grazing platform by producing big bale silage from grass exceeding 3,000kg/ha DM. Mr Davis, who runs a 640-cow herd at Lydney Park, Chepstow, measures his pastures weekly, plotting the height on a grass wedge system to highlight when there is too much grass for the rotation.