Partner Insight: A precise but practical approach to better silage

For Shropshire farmer Mark Fitton, good silage is a key pillar for farm profitability, but it still has to be produced in a practical way

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Cows can only eat so much silage, says Mark Fitton, so if you are filling them up with poor quality silage, they are not going to do so well.
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Cows can only eat so much silage, says Mark Fitton, so if you are filling them up with poor quality silage, they are not going to do so well.

Mark Fitton, who runs The Farms, near Whitchurch, North Shropshire, is laser-focused when it comes to farming profitably for a sustainable future. Accordingly, making good silage to keep down concentrate...

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