SilaPactor: A Cut Above the rest for silage clamp compaction
Thanks to ACA Contracting (A Cut Above) in South Africa for sharing this video of one of the two, 3m SilaPactors recently purchased from us.
Learn moreSilage Inoculants Upgraded
For our many organic customers, and those who prefer not to use the power of feed silage preservatives we have upgraded our range of silage inoculants.
Activator Plus uses an elite strain of Lactobacillus plantarum to speed-up the lactic fermentation of grass, grass/clover and lucerne silage harvested below 28% dry matter (DM).
Learn moreSafesil user wins Silage Clamp Award
Safesil delivers the best silage from Lands End to John o’ Groats and beyond! We would like to congratulate Daniel Ritch of Brettobreck, Stormness, Orkney Isles on winning the coveted Dairy Clamp Silage class at the Agriscot Silage Competition.
Learn moreRevolution by stealth on North Yorkshire farm
A traditional beef and arable system, beset with too many processes and too many inputs, has been transformed – including with crimp and wholecrop beans – into a simple, more profitable business, acclaimed for its sustainability.
Learn moreReduce feed costs with a new approach to your silage preservation
The continuing high prices of bought-in concentrates, fertilisers and other inputs, together with marginal farm gate prices for both milk and meat, suggests that farm businesses need to look closer to home to see if anything can be done better to reduce the financial gap.
Learn moreRecord growth rates from cost-cut rations
Scottish beef producer, Gordon Smith, set himself the target of cutting costs of production by £200 for every animal reared in his herd. Today he’s close to reaching this goal, thanks largely to changing his feed.
Learn moreQuality grass and forage bring sweet smell of success
When you’re making farmhouse Cheddar from unpasteurised milk, every input and practice can feed through to its flavour.
From the species of grass in the swards to the choice of additive to conserve the silage and from the products chosen to clean the cows’ teats to each individual ingredient in the total mixed ration. All come together to create the distinct flavours of a raw, artisan cheese, every one of which must be continuously and carefully balanced to retain the consistency of product customers expect.
Learn morePulses grown for greening cut out bought-in protein
An innovative approach to growing and preserving peas, beans and lupins has cut out bought-in protein from almost all livestock rations while also meeting greening rules on a Durham farm.
When Durham farmer, Rob Crowe, started his search for a new mill for rolling cereals, he could not have imagined it would be the prompt for a whole new cropping rotation which would cut out bought-in protein from his livestock feeds.
Learn moreDust free processing
A treatment to ‘temper’ grains and pulses is now being used to address the above and the problem of feeding poorly milled, dry cereals and beans to beef.
Read the full Farmers Guardian article.
Learn morePreserving the most from this autumn’s grass silage harvests
Dr Dave Davies, Silage Solutions Ltd considers how to get the most from this autumn’s silage harvests
On most farms this season silage stocks are at an all-time low, with the long winter eating into last year’s forage reserves. This has been followed by an exceptionally challenging spring and summer period, which has resulted in lower than normal harvested tonnages and many having to feed precious silage resources over the summer period. As a result, any late season harvested grass has even greater value than normal.
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