UK dairy farmers are advised to remove aftermath from silage fields or run the risk of significant aerobic spoilage in the conserved forage they make this year.
Unusual global weather patterns and different feed storage practices are starting to influence the range of moulds and potential mycotoxin contamination
From warm to dry to wet, the variations in spring weather conditions across Europe had a prevalent impact on the 2015 European crop, producing irregularities in plant growth and now putting poultry and swine at risk for mycotoxin exposure, according to Alltech’s European Grains Harvest Analysis.
Agronomy, climate, plant stress and storage conditions influence the growth of mycotoxins.