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Slow performance for 2023 maize silage

While the 2023 maize silage season yielded good volume, silage performance is disappointing according to extensive analysis by ForFarmers forage experts

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2023 maize silage results are showing good volume but performance in the rumen is slow.
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2023 maize silage results are showing good volume but performance in the rumen is slow.

ForFarmers Product Manager, Bruce Forshaw, explained that on the surface maize silage results for 2023 did not look too different compared to 2022, however when analysed in more detail some important differences...

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