Silage Advisory Centre

The Silage Advisory Centre promotes the science of silage to aid farmers’ decision-making on silage production, forage and grassland management.

Our goal is to aid UK and Irish livestock farmers produce quality and nutritional silage at a reasonable profit though the promotion of best practices, research, and facilitating access to information, expert advice and practical tools.

The Centre is supported by member organisations who have a shared interest in supporting on-farm decision-making when it comes to silage production.

Core Activities

Our mission is to engage in and support knowledge transfer activities that directly support the Centre’s objectives. This is done though:

• commissioning independent technical field trials and research projects and facilitating the dissemination of results
• supporting silage advisory forums and seminars for grassland, dairy and livestock farmers
• publishing a range of practical information and tools, case studies, research studies and reports to share best practice with farmers

Members

Below you will find the list of the current members. The list is expected to grow rapidly as the Silage Advisory Centre develops and attracts more interest from the wide variety of organisations and people involved in bale silage production and animal nutrition.

Interested to know more about the benefits of becoming a member? Contact us.

	Bpi.agri  - Since the invention of silage bale wrapping techniques in mid 1980s, bpi.agri has been at the forefront of bale wrapping developments and research and today it remains one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of polythene films for agricultural use.
	Dow AgroSciences LLC - Dow AgroSciences LLC, is a top-tier agricultural company that provides innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and vegetation management, seeds, traits, and agricultural biotechnology to serve the world's growing population.
	Dow Europe GmbH - Dow is a leading science and technology company that provides innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. Within its plastic products for agriculture, Dow produces polyethylene resins used in the leading brands of stretch silage wrap in Europe.
	British Seed Houses Ltd. - British Seed Houses Ltd. is a dynamic and enterprising force that has earned a significant standing in today’s global seed industry through its longstanding commitment to excellence. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Germinal Holdings Ltd., British Seed Houses Ltd. is the largest privately owned seed company in the UK, providing a vast selection of products for domestic and professional use throughout the whole of the UK and Europe.
	Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) brings together staff from the Institutes of Rural Sciences and Biological Sciences at Aberystwyth University, and the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER). Around 300 research, teaching and support staff conduct basic, strategic and applied research in biology from the level of genes and other molecules to the impact of climate change and bio-energy on sustainable agriculture and land use.
	Kuhn Farm Machinery is a global farm equipment manufacturer and leading supplier of machinery for hay and silage making, bedding and feeding, soil preparation, seeding, fertilisation, manure spreading, spraying and landscape maintenance.
	Mole Valley Farmers Mole Valley Farmers was started in 1960 by a small group of farmers around South Molton to become today UK’s largest rural retailer supplying a vast range of goods to farmers and the public alike and with investments in feed mills for all animal feeds, fertiliser blending plants, a specialist mineral plant, and a quality farm building division.