Silage Quality Testing: What the Numbers Actually Mean

Silage Management · Quality Testing · Feed DecisionsSilage Quality Testing: What the Numbers Actually MeanA practical guide to reading a forage test report — translating pH, NH₃-N, ME, NDF, ADF, and fermentation acid values into the feeding decisions that actually...

Hay Bale Transport: Moving Bales Without Damaging Them

Equipment · Bale Handling · LogisticsHay Bale Transport: Moving Bales Without Damaging ThemFrom paddock ejection to storage stack to feed site — the handling equipment, techniques, and common damage points that determine how much of your silage quality survives the...

Cover Crop Silage: Turning Fallow Into Feed

Cover Crops · Mixed Farming · Feed & SoilCover Crop Silage: Turning Fallow Into FeedHow Riverina, Darling Downs, and Eyre Peninsula cropping farmers are baling cereal-vetch mixes and oat covers before the cash crop season — improving soil and building feed...

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,...