Lanark: Clamp silage slippage and optimising home grown forage

With the rising costs of feed and fertiliser it is now more important than ever to ensure you get the best from your home grown forage.

In 2021 several farms reported problems with their silage pit slipping. An AHDB funded project found poor consolidation to be main contributing factor and Dr Dave R Davies highlights the importance of silage management and how each stage of silage making is important to avoid this costly occurrence.

Please come along to meet with Dr Dave R Davies, Silage Solutions to discuss the following topics:

• The science behind why clamps slip
• Forage Quality
• Dry Matter content
• Compaction - Density
• Compaction - Angle of filling
• Chop Length.
• Managing a slipped clamp.
• The importance of home grown forage for milk production

To book your place – please register by contacting:

Doreen Anderson on Doreen.Anderson@ahdb.org.uk or 07901116454

Robert Stevenson on Robert.Stevenson@ahdb.org.uk or 07872507700

About the speaker

Dr Dave Davies is from a farming family, he worked as a research scientist at IGER Aberystwyth for 20 years before establishing his own company, Silage Solutions Ltd. He is passionate about getting independent evidence-based advice to farmers and to these ends continues to conduct silage trials and consults with farmers across Europe. He has links to many research establishments and is currently a visiting Professor at North Wyke, Rothamsted Research.

Silage Solutions business activities include: novel product development, product testing and development of improved 'on-farm' silage analysis and consultancy to agri-business