Article: MAIZE SILAGE; ... potentially a cheap forage, but let it mature.(Farming Life)

Article: Maize silage discussed: Speakers and organisers of ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  March 8, 2003 ;     652 words ... ... significantly improved dry matter content and ... useful news of maize silage as a crop for ... said that if maize silage could be guaranteed ... 33 per cent dry matter, he would ... importantly, maize silage improved dry matter intake in the ...

Article: Throw out spoilt maize to keep up production.(surface spoilage ...
Farmers Weekly;  September 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... correspondent FEEDING surface spoilage from a maize silage clamp causes a big slump in the nutritive ... found that mixing 25% of surface-spoiled maize silage with normal silage reduced voluntary dry matter intake and diet digestibility. DM intake ...

Article: Backing for maize silage.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 13, 2005 ;     629 words ... ... show that incorporating maize silage in the growing and finishing ... receiving predominantly maize silage diets during both their ... periods showed improved dry matter intakes, higher rates ... Diets based largely on maize silage also proved more cost ...

Article: Maize silage for finishing cattle.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  December 12, 2001 ;     672 words ... ... shown that that low dry matter maize silages can ... intakes achieved with maize silage. However, no ... approximately 1 kilo of dry matter lower than either ... consumed more total dry matter per kilo of body ... steers. Given that maize silage is a marginal ...

Article: Maize silage beneficial.(Brief Article)
Farmers Weekly;  April 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Adding high quality maize silage containing more than ... production, high quality maize silage is essential." Even with poorer quality maize silage, there was still a ... under plastic boosts dry matter yields by 5t/ha dry ...

Article: Maize silage `excellent'.
Farmers Guardian;  October 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INITIAL maize silage results are clearly demonstrating ... Farming Trust has found a dry matter content of 32 to 33 per ... they say, is optimum for maize silage making this year's stocks ... last year, and an average dry matter content of 32.3 per cent ...

Article: Maize silage. (Livestock).
Farmers Weekly;  November 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the quality of your maize silage this winter, warns ... from more than 1000 maize silage samples, reveal average ... than expected. "Once dry matter rises above 35%, the ... same problem caused by maize silage, but they require different ...