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Spring drilling has made good progress across the UK in 2026, but it has not been straightforward. AHDB's latest crop development report confirms what many farmers are already seeing on...

Most forage decisions feel like agronomic ones. But underneath each of them is a financial one. The best forage is only valuable if it is protected properly, and every stage...

Silage clamp performance often comes down to one key factor: density. The tighter the crop is packed, the less air remains trapped in the clamp, and the better the fermentation...

Silage Clamp Safety: Hazard Identification and Working Safely Around Storage Infrastructure Executive Summary Silage clamps present several high-risk hazards that must be carefully managed to protect workers, livestock operations and...

Silage clamp compliance and effluent control: getting ready for a wetter, riskier season Weather patterns across the UK are becoming increasingly unpredictable. Heavier rainfall events, shorter harvest windows and more...

Reducing Silage Losses from 15% to 5%: The Complete Guide to Modern Clamp Design – How proper silage clamp specifications directly impact feed quality and farm profitability   Executive Summary ·         Silage losses...

Oxygen Barrier Films Explained: Why a Single Sheet Outperforms Double-Plastic Systems – Technical comparison of oxygen transmission rates and performance metrics   Executive Summary ·         Silage preservation performance is driven by...

Executive Summary ·         Building your first silage clamp in England typically takes 6–12 months from concept to first fill ·         The process runs across three parallel tracks: design, planning, and SSAFO / Environment...

Recycling waste clay and topsoil from the construction industry could help producers slash the cost of a new silage clamp or allow them to increase specification significantly without incurring extra...

How you seal your silage clamp can have a huge effect on the speed and efficiency of the clamp-filling process, the quality of forage ultimately produced and the labour hours...

* Reducing silage losses to just 5% delivers real productivity gains * 3500 litres/cow from forage now an attainable target * Efficient clamp sealing reduces stress and increases Dry Matter...

How you seal your silage clamp can have a huge effect on the speed and efficiency of the clamp-filling process, the quality of forage ultimately produced and the labour hours...