Starting a Silage Contracting Round in Regional Victoria: Equipment, Pricing, and the First 12 Months

by ep | Jul 21, 2026 | applications

Hay Contracting · Victoria · Business StartupStarting From Zero: What It Actually Costs to Launch a Silage Contracting Round in Regional VictoriaThe honest numbers behind equipment, pricing, client acquisition, and the first 12 months — from someone who hasn’t...

Why a Mixed Farm in the Riverina Needs a Different Round Baler to a Dedicated Hay Operation

by ep | Jul 21, 2026 | applications

Mixed Farming · Riverina NSW · Equipment SelectionOne Baler, Three Jobs: Why a Mixed Farm in the Riverina Can’t Use the Same Machine as a Hay ContractorThe specific demands of a cropping-and-livestock mixed operation — silage, hay, and straw in the same season...

How Queensland Beef Finishers Are Using Silage Bales to Replace Expensive Dry-Season Grain

by ep | Jul 21, 2026 | applications

Beef Finishing · Queensland · Feed Cost ManagementGrain at $480 a Tonne or Silage at $90 — How Queensland Beef Finishers Are Doing the MathsThe cost-replacement case for building on-farm silage reserves to buffer dry-season grain bills — and the baling system that...

Cutting the Contractor Out of Your Silage Season: What 50-Cow NSW Dairy Farms Are Doing Differently

by ep | Jul 20, 2026 | Uncategorized

Dairy Farm · Silage Baling · NSW & Victoria How small to mid-size Australian dairy operations are calculating the real cost of outsourcing silage baling — and what changes when they own the machine themselves. The Contractor Dependency Problem on Australian Dairy...

Silage Bale Storage Site Setup Guide for Australian Conditions

by ep | mei 29, 2026 | Uncategorized

Where and How You Store Wrapped Bales Determines How Much of What You Wrapped You Actually Feed The work of producing silage bales does not end when the wrapped bale is deposited in the paddock. The storage site — its surface, drainage, orientation, proximity to...