Baling After Fire: Pasture Recovery and Feed Reserves

Fire Recovery · Southeast Australia · Pasture RebuildBaling After Fire: Pasture Recovery and Feed ReservesThe first regrowth after bushfire is the most nutritionally important hay you will make all season — and the decisions about when to cut, whether to graze or...

Hay for Alpacas and Llamas: What the Fibre Market Needs

Camelids · SA & Victoria · Fibre IndustryHay for Alpacas and Llamas: What the Fibre Market NeedsCamelids are not small cattle — their modified rumen and low-NDF tolerance means the hay specification for alpacas and llamas is closer to horse hay than sheep hay,...

Rake Selection: Getting Windrows Right Before the Baler

Equipment · Raking · Pre-BalerRake Selection: Getting Windrows Right Before the BalerFinger-wheel, rotary, or lateral rake — what the choice means for DM losses, windrow consistency, and which crops each handles well across Australian hay and silage operations.The...

Silage Baling in Wet Weather: Managing the Unplanned Cut

Silage Management · Weather · Emergency DecisionsSilage Baling in Wet Weather: Managing the Unplanned CutThe forecast changed. The windrow is wetter than planned and rain is 18 hours away. Here is how experienced Australian silage producers make the damage-limitation...

Peanut Hay Baling: Northern Australia’s Hidden Forage

Northern Australia · Peanut Hay · High-Protein Roughage After the pods are harvested, what’s left in the paddock is some of the highest-protein roughage available in Queensland — and most of it gets ploughed back in. Why Peanut Hay Is Northern Australia’s...

Dairy Heifer Silage: Feeding the Next Milking Generation

Dairy · Heifer Rearing · Silage Nutrition The nutritional targets, silage quality thresholds, and feeding programme for 0 to 24 month dairy heifers — why replacement heifers need different silage management to milking cows. The Heifer That Enters the Milking Herd...