Testimonial from Werner Groten, farmer in Kesternich (Germany)

Werner Groten manages a grassland farm with 90 dairy cows plus calves at an elevation of 540m. The average annual milk performance from his level amounts to 9000 kg of milk per cow.

"For ten years now, we have been exclusively using bale silage as it complies best with the conditions on our farm. We have mastered the silage production and baling process fairly well and only very small losses occur. If we happen to find a low quality bale, only a single bale is affected and it does not affect the rest of the fodder".

The farm produces about 1,000 bales a year, and has its own equipment, a baler and a wrapping machine. This is economically viable and gives great independence. "We make three to four cuts a year. This means another advantage of bale silage is the possibility of sorting the fodder and of flexible feeding." Mr. Groten can decide when fodder of a particular cutting is fed to a particular cow. He stores the bales directly at the farm which gives the advantage of short transportation. As his bale silage is produced with 30%-35% dry matter content, no silage effluents will leak from the bales and no retention basin is needed.

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Read more on additional benefits of bale silage adding flexibility to farm and grassland management


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