Variable maize means care with ration mixing needed

摘要

Patience has paid off for those dairy farmers who held off harvesting maize early, according to Kite Con-suiting's Tim Davies. He says analyses have varied considerably depending on when the crop was harvested, with dry matters ranging from a wet 24%to 40% DM. "Samples taken early in the season from early to mid-October are wetter than usual with dry matters averaging about 28%, although more recent samples from those harvested late October onwards have dry matters about 32-34% DM," he says.