by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
Enterprise-Specific Buyer’s Guide Sheep farms have specific silage production needs that differ meaningfully from dairy and beef operations — smaller annual volumes, different feed quality requirements, different mob feeding logistics, and different economics...
by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
Crop-Specific Guide Grass silage is the foundation of most Australian dairy and beef feeding systems — and wrapped bale grass silage accounts for the majority of all silage produced on Australian farms. This complete best-practice guide covers cut timing, wilting...
by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
Crop-Specific Guide Corn silage presents different challenges from pasture silage at every step — the moisture target is lower, the theoretical timing window is narrow, the crop is much heavier and bulkier per metre of windrow, and the machine settings that work on...
by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
Storage Life Guide Understanding how long a wrapped silage bale will hold its quality — and what determines that storage life — is essential for farm planning, drought reserve management, and feed budgeting. The answer is not a single number: storage life ranges from...
by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
Quality & Storage Guide Opening a silage bale and discovering it has spoiled is one of the most frustrating outcomes in livestock farming — feed you invested in, stored, and were counting on turns out to be unfit for purpose. Knowing how to read the smell, colour,...
by ep | Jun 2, 2026 | forage balers
System Comparison Guide For small dairy farms producing between 100 and 500 tonnes of silage per season, the choice between a silage baler and an ag bagger system is one of the most financially significant equipment decisions on the property. Both systems work — but...
