MORE flooding rain across large parts of the eastern states has started to put pressure on the production of new hay and silage, with paddocks too wet to access.
Communities in the major forage growing areas Southern New South Wales and Victoria are this weekend preparing for major floods after a winter of relentless rain.
Lallemand animal nutrition Vic and Southern NSW technical services manager David Lewis said some farmers in the area were months behind schedule on their silage programs.
“There hasn’t been too many issues growing forage but making it has been difficult. Some…
