Good Maize Silage Guide

Maize is an excellent feed providing a good source of starch to compliment protein in other forages. However, it can be an expensive crop to grow and good yields are key to making it an economic feed for livestock. This report provides the essential facts to enable you to grow good crops of maize on suitable farms, covering information from planning to harvest and incorporating full details of a trial assessing the economic viability of maize-under-plastic.

Issued May 2012