jcb411abuser
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i was always lead to believe that you could make substantially better silage in a bale than in a clamp, have been looking into this as since we are housing cattle all year and feeding on silage and not fresh grass then it has become alot more important to make the best possible silage.
now it seems that there is some truth to it that bales are better, but apparently that isn't the general notion.
i saw this on the net a good while ago http://www.dow.com/silage/research/cost.htm
and just had a look at it today again, and there does seem to be a big difference in production of litres between bales and clamp, from our own experience at home, the few bales we made did make the cows produce more milk, but maybe this was a once off, coincidence
i'm not trying to change anyones mind, just looking for honest opinions on which method will bring you more milk per tonne of fresh material, or if there is any difference at all.
p.s. i'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere on here but i cant/couldnt be bothered to find it:whistling:
now it seems that there is some truth to it that bales are better, but apparently that isn't the general notion.
i saw this on the net a good while ago http://www.dow.com/silage/research/cost.htm
and just had a look at it today again, and there does seem to be a big difference in production of litres between bales and clamp, from our own experience at home, the few bales we made did make the cows produce more milk, but maybe this was a once off, coincidence
i'm not trying to change anyones mind, just looking for honest opinions on which method will bring you more milk per tonne of fresh material, or if there is any difference at all.
p.s. i'm sure there is a thread about this somewhere on here but i cant/couldnt be bothered to find it:whistling: