Silage Stories from the Field

How Robert Hanan Improved Silage Quality on His Cork Dairy Farm

How important is quality silage on a dairy farm?

In this testimonial, Cork dairy farmer Robert Hanan explains why silage plays a major role on his 100-cow dairy farm, especially during the busy winter months when cows come off grass.

After looking for ways to get more from his silage, Robert decided to try the Precision Microbes Silage Additive after discovering it online.

Zero Waste Silage? Brendan Phelan Sees Better Cow Condition & Calf Performance

How much does silage quality really impact a dairy system?

Brendan Phelan, running a 200-cow spring calving herd in Co. Tipperary, explains how improving silage quality has influenced everything — from cow condition to calf performance.

In a grass-based system where silage plays a key role at critical times of the year, Brendan shares what changed after introducing Precision Microbes Silage Additive.

75 DMD Silage & Faster Finishing: Real Results from Reuben Higgins’ Farm

What happens when you improve silage quality in a calf-to-beef system?

Reuben Higgins, farming in Co. Sligo, shares how switching from dairy to calf-to-beef — combined with better silage — has improved performance, reduced finishing time, and increased efficiency across the farm.

After one year using Precision Microbes Silage Additive, Reuben explains the impact on both silage quality and overall system performance.

From Silage to Finishing: How Graham Kavanagh Runs a High-Performance Beef System

What does a high-performing suckler-to-beef system actually look like? Graham Kavanagh, farming on the Wexford–Carlow border, takes you inside his operation — from silage making right through to finishing bulls and heifers.

Running 100 cows and finishing all stock on farm, Graham explains how everything ties together — and why silage quality is at the centre of it all. 

Zero Waste Silage? Gerard Hogan Cuts Mould & Boosts Palatability with Silage Additive

Struggling with silage waste, mould, or poor palatability? Gerard Hogan, a dairy heifer rearer from North Tipperary, shares his real-world results after using Precision Microbes Silage Additive — and the impact it’s had on his system.

Farming 120 acres and contract rearing dairy heifers from calf to in-calf stage, Gerard relies heavily on high-quality silage to control feed costs and drive performance. 

Sheep Farmer, William Hutchinson, Achieved Consistently High-Quality Silage with Precision Microbes

In this video, Ryan Duffy from Precision Microbes visits Kilkenny sheep and cattle farmer William Hutchinson to discuss how he’s consistently making high-quality silage using the Precision Microbes Silage Additive.

William shares why he’s focused on avoiding spoilage, mould, and listeria, especially critical for sheep enterprises, and how the additive has helped him achieve stable, nutritious silage with minimal waste.

Tommy Relihan – Dairy Farmer, Co Limerick

“It preserved the silage well… stable, palatable, and very little waste.”

Join Ryan Duffy from Precision Microbes as he visits Tommy, a dairy farmer in Co. Limerick, who shares his experience using Precision Microbes’ silage additive to improve fermentation, reduce waste, and drive better animal performance.

Tommy explains how his move to all spring calving demands consistent, high-quality silage. In this video, he outlines his full silage-making process — cutting early in May, aiming for dry crops, tedding for 3–4 hours, and using a wagon for a traditional chop — and highlights how Precision Microbes played a key role in preserving feed quality..

Nathan Hunt- Farmer and agricultural contractor Co Roscommon 

Nathan tried Precision Microbes silage additive in his farm and with several other farms where he works as an agricultural contractor. His video says it all about how good our silage additive is. 

Eamon Sheehan – Co. Kilkenny

We are a trial farm for Precision Microbes for the last three years. The preservation of the silage has been outstanding using the liquid silage additive. The ease of use for our contractor and feedouts have also been excellent. We have also seen an improvement in cow performance in the back end of the year on the treated silage.

Anthony Burke – Co. Tipperary

We have been delighted with our silage this year. You can just see the difference in the silage. No waste, excellent fermentation and the cattle love it. It makes such a difference we won’t be making silage without Precision microbes additive again.

Derek O Donoghue – Co. Limerick

Two things would have stood out for us when using Precision Microbes silage additive. Preservation was excellent, also excellent stability in the pit face meant there was little to no waste. We also have seen excellent cleanouts by the cows and no waste in troughs. With forage quality becoming more important we see Precision Microbes additive as part of our silage-making going forward every year.

Brian Rohan – Co. Laois

“Top-quality silage is a must for winter milk — and this stuff delivered.”

Brian Rohan from Co. Laois runs a 170-cow herd across autumn and spring calving. For winter milk, high-quality forage is essential — and last year, Brian used Precision Microbes Silage Additive with fantastic results.
• Excellent preservation
• No digestive upsets – cows are thriving
• Massive intakes – silage is flying out
• Smooth, simple process – 24–36 hour wilt and rapid feed-out

For Brian, the additive ticked every box for winter milk success.

Andrew O Callahan – Co. Cork

We make our own silage each year and have had traditionally had trouble with the second cut and fermentation preservation. We are absolutely delighted with preservation and quality of our silage this year. You can smell and see the difference in the silage and have zero waste. We were really impressed with this additive and now it will be part of our routine every year.

Bill O Donovan – Co. Tipperary

We used Precision Microbes additive in over eighty acres of first cut silage and we were really happy. Super preservation, we opened the pit after three weeks and it was fully preserved. Little to no waste and cows fed out well with clean troughs all year. We also monitor rumination and felt at herd level it was the best we have seen. All in all, I was very happy.

James O Keefe – Co. Cork

Maurice Cronin – Co. Cork

David Byrne – Co. Kildare

Martin Ryan – Co. Tipperary

We believe in the Precision Microbes products as we have had outstanding results with the calf product over the last couple of years. We used the Precision additive this year and again were delighted with the results. The year that was in it meant we were very worried about preservation. We shouldn’t have worried as it was excellent with zero waste and the cows loved it. Very happy overall.

Ray Hunt – Co. Tipperary

We were very happy with the results using Precision Microbes silage additive. Preservation was excellent and our nutritionist even commented on how good it was. Also feed outs were really good. Couldn’t have been happier met our expectations and more.

Gareth Porter – Co Donegal

I was Really delighted with the results from Precision Microbes silage additive. The preservation was the best we have ever seen with little to no waste. Cows hoovered up the silage and feed out was outstanding. We feel cow condition was never better. We won’t be without this additive in the future.