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Fundamentals of making silage

Online
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Flexible Short Course Online

Overview

High-quality silage will improve feed intakes and cow performance. Learn all the fundamentals of growing highly nutritious, digestible forage in this course. The course consists of six parts, with a quiz for each section. Complete all the quizzes successfully to gain CPD points.

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Continuous Professional Development

Fundamentals of making silage

The Farmers Weekly Learning Centre is where you can improve your career prospects and agricultural knowledge through online courses. Gain extra knowledge to progress your career, or top up your qualifications.

At a glance

  • 3 vital steps you need to take to grow better grass silage
  • Putting together a nutrient plan
  • How to home test grass to know when to cut silage
  • How to maximise sugar content in grass silage
  • Advice on silage aftermath nutrition
  • Benefits of switching to a multi-cut silage system
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