The most important part of making silage is maximising the nutritional value and total fodder available for silage. There is always newer information available with making silage, that fine-tunes the physical processes we can undertake, to improve the quality of silage (sealing, density, removing oxygen, management techniques for wet or dry conditions etc.). A major factor affecting our ability to undertake silage-making year after year, in terms of final silage quality and yield can be soil fertility/past nutrient removal.
We often use NPK’s (avoid nitrogen with clover), sulphur etc to replace nutrients removed and often overlook trace minerals. For example, in 5 t/ha of clover/ryegrass, the removal of zinc is about 110g, copper 42g, cobalt 2g etc. These trace mineral nutrient removal rates sound minuscule but are the engine systems of plants. They are also integral to the health and production of our cattle. It is easy to say they are not important in the fodder, but if we are injecting B12 or feeding mineral supplements with our silage, then we are confronting deficiencies in the fodder. This is potentially an opportunity loss in terms of total silage production and quality.
With Stock Roots Supplements, we provide the nutrients that are naturally lacking in most soils within Australia. These trace minerals are the engine systems of plants which when supplied to your fodder crops will improve the final nutritional value stored within your silage and total silage yield. Optimising trace mineral levels in the silage will improve livestock growth, reproduction, lactation, immune defence, and energy levels - the backbone of all production.
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