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dc.contributor.authorFerris, C.P.
dc.contributor.authorLaidlaw, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorWylie, A.R.G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T11:49:20Z
dc.date.available2023-03-21T11:49:20Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-07
dc.identifier.citationC.P. Ferris, A.S. Laidlaw and A.R.G. Wylie. A short survey of key silage-making practices on Northern Ireland dairy farms, and farmer perceptions of factors influencing silage quality. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 2022. DOI: 10.15212/ijafr-2022-0103en_US
dc.identifier.issn2009-9029
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2925
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractNorthern Ireland dairy farmers (n = 174) were surveyed to identify key silage-making practices, and factors perceived to influence the quality of grass silage made on their farms. The majority of farmers (65%) harvested grass for silage three times/year: 62% normally used a contractor, while 47% routinely used a silage additive. Delays to mowing and delays to harvesting due to adverse weather or poor ground conditions were perceived to have a large or very large impact on silage quality (68% and 53% of farmers, respectively). Inadequate wilting, poor-quality swards on owned land, on rented land and “contamination” of first-cut grass with autumn or winter growth herbage were all perceived as having a large or very large impact on silage quality (32%, 27%, 40%, 30% of farmers, respectively). Over the previous decade, 11%, 41% and 37% of farmers claimed a small, moderate or large improvement in silage quality, mainly due to earlier cutting of grass and ensiling better quality swards.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTeagascen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectgrass silage qualityen_US
dc.subjectFarmer perceptionsen_US
dc.subjectsurveyen_US
dc.titleA short survey of key silage-making practices on Northern Ireland dairy farms, and farmer perceptions of factors influencing silage qualityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.15212/ijafr-2022-0103
refterms.dateFOA2023-03-21T11:49:21Z
dc.source.journaltitleIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
dc.identifier.eissn0791-6833
dc.identifier.eissn2009-9029


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