How much silage for dairy cows?

Farfield · 2012-11-27 15:00:08

As a rough ball park how many acres of silage would you count as needed in pit/round bales to keep a herd of 60 all year round milkers for a 5-6 month winter and in at night probably september and october also. E.G would you say an acre per cow would be a good ballpark guide??

27-11-2012 04:00PM

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As a rough ball park how many acres of silage would you count as needed in pit/round bales to keep a herd of 60 all year round milkers for a 5-6 month winter and in at night probably september and october also. E.G would you say an acre per cow would be a good ballpark guide??

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#2 27-11-2012 04:43PM

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there is an article on the journal about it last week

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AS a rule of thumb 2 acres will feed 3 cows for five month winter

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#4 27-11-2012 08:13PM

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red bull wrote: »

AS a rule of thumb 2 acres will feed 3 cows for five month winter

I'd say you're on the money there. Probably get away with the same acre cut twice IYKWIM.

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