Silage and hay
'Successful silage' manual
The 'Successful silage' TopFodder manual is available for purchase through our bookshop.
PROfarm course
The 'TopFodder silage' PROfarm course covers:
- the science of silage
- crop selection
- making, storing and feeding high-quality silage
and includes hands-on inspection and assessment of silage on farms using both bulk and baled silage. Register your interest.
Special Conservation Scheme assistance
Assistance under this scheme is in the form of a loan for carrying out works that will have a significant beneficial impact on the land, the local community and the environment, and that are not purely productivity based.
Acceptable works include hay, grain and silage storage facilities. See NSW Rural Assistance Authority (www.raa.nsw.gov.au) for further information.
Silage
- 10 key steps to successful silage
33.6 kb - Field assessment of silage 47.3 kb
- Silage Note 1 - Role for silage in Australian grazing systems 49.5 kb
- Silage Note 2 - Using silage as a pasture management tool 310.2 kb
- Silage Note 4 - Selecting pastures and crops for silage production 706.8 kb
- Silage Note 5 - Factors affecting the quality & quantity of forage harvested for silage 354.5 kb
- Silage Note 6 - Managing the wilting process 122.6 kb
- Silage Note 7 - Measuring the Dry Matter Content of Forages 47.4 kb
- Silage Note 8 - Harvesting silage 49.0 kb
- Silage Note 9 - Storage options for baled silage 113.3 kb
- Silage Note 10 - Storage options for chopped silage 86.5 kb
- Successful silage - TopFodder silage manual (book)
- Topfodder silage - PROfarm course
- Successful silage manual
Hay
- Hay shed fires
- Producing quality lucerne hay (NSW DPI Bookshop)
- Producing quality lucerne hay - book/PDF (www.rirdc.gov.au)
- Producing quality oat hay - book/PDF (www.rirdc.gov.au)
Decision aids
- Feed cost calculator
- Fodder decision aids for beef producers - Excel calculators
281.0 kb - Forage systems mini calculator
1.1 mb - Nutritional value of feeds (Feed evaluation database)