Forage
Ten new maize varieties for the 2027 Descriptive List
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has added ten new maize varieties to its Forage Maize Descriptive List (DL) for 2027. At the same time, it has revised its classification of varieties for the new season, to make it easier...
New Germinal chair for Aberystwyth
Dr Kerrie Farrar is to be the new Germinal chair of translational plant breeding at Aberystwyth University, a position funded by Openfolde - the parent company of Germinal Horizon and Germinal GB & Ireland. Dr Farrar, who has been...
Early 2026 grass silage tests reveal good quality
Samples of this year’s first-cut silage point to good quality for farmers and their nutritionists, reports Mole Valley Farmers (MVF). Because of the growing trend for multi-cut systems and the dry spring, first...
Contamination warning for first-cut silages
After the recent wet winter, farmers and their nutritionists are being alerted to a potential increase in the contamination risk for first-cut grass silages, especially in fields that have not been grazed or where standing water has...
Eurofins and trinamiX extend mobile forage and crop testing
Partners Eurofins Agro and hardware business trinamiX are extending their mobile forage analysis service, first launched in 2024, to more countries and forage crops. The trinamiX business is a subsidiary of BASF. The Eurofins mobile...
More milk from multi-cut silage
A survey from forage additive manufacturer Volac suggests that dairy farm operations that make multi-cut grass silage see improved milk from forage and have businesses that are more resilient to dry weather. The survey, which was...