It’s a busy time on farms as contractors get into full swing, with plenty of field work under way. Silage season is nearly upon us, it will kick off in earnest in a little over a month’s time.

The gigantic silage pile sitting in the feedyard every winter is an accomplishment. It starts with putting seed in the ground in the spring and continues through getting it chopped, piled up and ...

A tractor driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle burst into flames while carrying a trailer full of silage. The incident took place on Monday afternoon (19 June) on the A30 in Henstridge, ...

Silage tractor drivers may be scarce due to the public health emergency’s disruptive effect on the driver learning and testing system, with young farmers among those impacted by the restrictions. To ...

The long lasting spell of sunshine across the country has sent silage season into overdrive with endless outfits of tractors, trailers and harvesters racing through the meadows. Meanwhile, classic ...

Why pile hours on a tractor when you can stick them on a second-hand HGV instead? That’s what Agri Industry Solutions (AIS) ...

Animals feed in one of the dips at Eldoret Technical Training Institute Kapseret area in Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] For farmers in livestock enterprises such as dairy cows and goats ...