30th June 2020
For this season so far, Trouw has received around 600 first cut silages. Approx. 10% of these were poorly fermented which is shown by the high pH and very low lactic acid. Though, most of the silages are of good quality and in terms of analysis, similar to last years.
Over the winter, grass growth has been slightly lower but of a similar pattern of 2019. Grass has continued to grow over the winter and a sharp rise in growth was seen sooner than when we saw in 2019. Through the start of the season, NDF in pre-cut grass remained low and the average was below 40% DM.