We plan to so some work in this area this summer with Dr. Murn Nippo from the University of Rhode Island who will be spending part of his sabbatical time here. I bet that many of you can relate to the importance of how the animals in your herd are treated and their productivity and longevity in your herds. The warm weather should be making us think about first cutting and what things we need to accomplish in the next few weeks. You need to be thinking about this very seriously. Milk prices will continue to be low and we may be in for some dry weather.
Good margins start with good forage.
We have had good luck with this. Pay attention to rain and soil moisture and degree-day accumulation along with maturity characteristics. I strongly feel that you should be using silage additives. Use only those products that have good controlled research backing them up. Silage additives will help achieve this.