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Once the silage pit is open, it is important to keep the clamp face clean to prevent high levels of waste forage accumulating. The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you ...

The silage pits on his farm are always well-stocked. Sometimes, he sells the surplus to neighboring households when his cows can’t finish all the feed. Inspired by his success, many other families in ...

“As a child, I wasn’t cut out for farming and much-preferred reading, writing, drawing and playing, to moving sheep or covering silage pits. “The world of the imagination appealed to me more ...

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Silage and hay are preserved feeds that ... To start, prepare the pit and then place a big polythene sheet on the floor and walls. Cover about a metre of walls so that the forage does not come ...

Good silage ... a clamp. The latter function relies on placing thinner, even layers across the width and length of the clamp and quickly excluding air. While easy in theory, the outputs of modern self ...

Heating and significant hotspots on silage pits are never good and are a clear sign that all is not right with clamp preservation and stability. Hot silage and visual mould should never be fed to ...

They placed it on top of silage already ensiled (removing the sheet and ... or ‘one-pit’ style.” Creating a lasagne effect involves removing the silage from one clamp and emptying it into ...

“When rivers are at a low level in summertime, even a small leak can cause huge damage. Maintenance of silage pits and slurry storage facilities is essential to ensure that accidents don’t happen.” ...

Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day. “Silage harvesting is already underway in earnest in many parts of the country. It is an exciting time on farms that signals the ...