Tag: Santam Agricultural national Silage competition
Environmentally sustainable silage practices critical to agriculture
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
Around the world, we are becoming increasingly conscious of what we eat. We advocate for farm animals to be...
Silage: Top ten with the first try
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Attention to key management aspects such as compaction, cutting at the most optimal time and feed-out with minimal wastage...
Trends in the 2021 silage competition
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Plaas Media’s 2021 Santam Agriculture National Silage Competition once again produced interesting data. The competition, which is in its...
Winter and summer grains used for silage
In South Africa there is a wide variety of crops that you
can utilise for silage purposes. However, each crop type delivers different
yields and offer...
Silage production can be a lifeline during a drought
Silage production has been around for at least 3 000 years
and is used as a natural source of forage for both sheep and cattle....
Every silage analysis tells a story
Every so often a producer or his nutritionist has to analyse his silage. Part of the Santam Agriculture National Silage Competition, hosted by Stockfarm/Veeplaas,...
