Dairy farmers switching to high-quality grass silages made in multi-cut systems should persevere if they are encountering acidosis from young, wet, low-fibre silages. Some dairy farms are reporting sub-acute acidosis caused by narrow-leaved, stemmy grasses balling up in the rumen. This leads to less structure in the rumen, and lower cudding rates and saliva production. […]
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