As silaging season approaches, experts are raising concerns about the growing popularity of storing round bales on end. It has been suggested that silage bales are better protected from damage if ...
Silage making time is a high risk time, due to the movement of machinery, persons and grass loads. However safety risks can be minimised by good planning and active consultation between farmers and ...
A farmer left paralysed by a falling bale is warning of the dangers of baling with the new haymaking season under way. Robert Field was stacking silage bales on a neighbour’s farm with a workmate when ...
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A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...
Square bales are generally produced by contractors and have a number of storage and handling benefits. Round balers are significantly cheaper than square balers and are popular for dairy farmers ...
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A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...
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