The basis for your success

The best forage is always worth it, for farmers as well as contractors. Focusing on the highest quality forage also helps contractors and forage dealers maintain excellent relations with existing customers and win new ones.

Achieving the best forage begins long before harvesting. A healthy, high-energy and well-balanced crop is essential. The cutting time is crucial for obtaining full energy levels from it. Once the grass has been mown it begins to respire and lose energy. The longer it is left unattended, the less energy the forage contains. The aim, therefore, is short wilting times and optimum dry matter content in order to achieve the best quality forage. If the forage is too dry, ensiling will not be ideal, and if it is too wet a lot of energy will be lost through fermentation, plus there is a risk of unwanted bacteria developing.

Maintain sufficient stubble height and reduce contamination, use PÖTTINGER agricultural technology to keep the forage clean and you will harvest forage of the highest possible quality.

For your customers

As a contractor your task is to harvest the best forage for your customers as quickly as possible. To encourage customers to stick with you in future, you need to ensure they are satisfied over the long term.

The success of a farmer’s business depends on the quality of the forage you collect for them. If the farmer cannot fully exploit the potential yield of their herd, there is a risk of losing them as a customer if they choose to look elsewhere.

That gives you sufficient reason to do everything possible from the outset to keep the customer satisfied. PÖTTINGER agricultural technology provides the ideal basis for this because it ensures optimum ground tracking and minimal dirt ingress as a result. What's more, PÖTTINGER machines are designed for maximum forage conservation and the highest possible output, resulting in the best forage harvest in the shortest possible time.

For your livestock

As a farmer, you know: High yield livestock need a high quality basic ration.

Ruminants are fussy about their forage. The quality of the basic ration they are given, in other words its energy content, digestibility, odour and taste, determines whether your animals consume large amounts of it.

Livestock are happy to eat clean, tasty forage, which means that the amount of concentrates can be reduced. This cuts feeding costs while at the same time improving animal health. Healthy livestock reward you with higher fertility, a longer useful life and ultimately, higher milk and meat yields.

The bottom line is that you benefit from clean, high quality forage with more profit for your farm business.

Don't feed your animals crude ash!

“There are many reasons why high crude ash content prevents cost effective milk production. Best basic ration is required if cows are to remain healthy, fertile and produce a lot of milk. The basic ration should contain as little earth and sand as possible. These contaminants, shown as “crude ash” in feed composition analysis, cause undesirable side effects. The function of the reticulum-rumen system is reduced. Organisms that affect the ensiling process, such as clostridium, can be brought in. The yield ability, health and fertility of dairy cows suffers as a result.”

Dr. Michael Neumayer Veterinarian Neukirchen am Großvenediger | Austria