You’ve selected your seed. You’ve decided on the inoculant you’ll use at harvest time. But what happens in between those events can make a huge difference in the success of your alfalfa fields.
Alfalfa Field Management Can Make All The Difference
You’ve selected your seed. You’ve decided on the inoculant you’ll use at harvest time. But what happens in between those events can make a huge difference in the success of your alfalfa fields.
NAFB: Reducing Feed Costs with Alfalfa and Grass Haylage
Due to their high protein content, alfalfa and grass haylages are a staple on dairies. But growing these silages comes with certain challenges.
Haylage: Difficult, But Worth it
Haylage can be the most difficult crop to harvest and ensile properly. Being prepared to face the challenges will ensure a high-quality, hygienic feed is delivered to your cows.
BONSILAGE FORTE proven to rise to the low-pH challenge
For good silage, high pH is bad. For an efficient and proper fermentation to take place there needs to be a rapid pH drop early on.
NAFB on Air: Tackling Hard-to-Ensile Forages
While forages like alfalfa, small grains and grasses have multiple benefits, they can prove to be hard to ensile for many producers. Our own Caitlin Mellinger, Forage Specialist, PROVITA Supplements, chats with NAFB about navigating this challenge to get the most out of your forage.
Controlling the Uncontrollable
BONSILAGE FORTE treated alfalfa silage can withstand challenges that become out of control.
Overcoming Challenges for Grass and Legume Silage
There are many potential reasons why grass silage may end up with an undesirable fermentation. Below is a list of common issues that arise during the process of making grass and legume silage and potential causes and solutions.
Grass and Legume Silage Tips
High-quality silage is key to optimizing production on the farm. Check out the following management tips for producing high-quality grass and legume silage.
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