In this webinar Dr David Davies will be discussing in detail hay, haylage and silage use in horses and ponies, comparing them so that you can make more informed choices on which forage to feed your horses. With forage being such an important part of our horses’ diets we recommend watching this webinar and its accompanying webinar by Dr Helen Davies, who looks at feeding forage in very practical terms.
Dr David Davies will be covering:
Forage is such an important part of our horses’ diet that we should really take a closer look at it. Please join us for all things forage:
- What do we mean by forage?
- Fresh forage – factors affecting growth and nutrient quality
- From standing crop to feed-out – principles and pitfalls of conserving and storing forage
- Silage, haylage and hay – how they compare and what to look out for
- Nutrient vs. hygienic quality
- Understanding forage analyses – the good, the bad and the ugly
- Feeding forages
To find out more about Dr David Davies scroll down below the webinar.
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More about Dr David Davies
David is the son of a farmer from the Welsh Border country. He carried out a degree in Microbiology at Aberystwyth University and then followed this by conducting a PhD jointly at the University of Manchester and the former Grassland Research Institute at Hurley. He graduated with his doctorate entitled ‘Growth and Survival of Anaerobic Fungi in Batch Culture and in the Digestive Tract of Ruminants’ in 1991. After his PhD he remained working predominantly at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in Aberystwyth. He has been involved in many projects, all focused on improving silage quality for meat and milk production from ruminant livestock in a environmentally and economically sustainable way. From 2007 he led the silage research portfolio at the Institute. He has been involved in the development and assessment of a wide range of forage additives and has spoken and published widely on the subject. Then in April 2010 he left the Institute and took the decision to set up his own company called Silage Solutions Ltd., aimed at providing new products and impartial advice to the agricultural community in its broadest sense. Dr Davies continues to conduct research for third parties including NGOs and commercial companies. He also has long standing associations with research establishments in the UK and Europe.
