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The exchequer secretary to HM Treasury has resisted calls to exempt silage film used in agriculture from the plastics packaging tax. Secretary and Treasury minister, Helen Whately MP warned that an ...

Farmers can expect to pay between €105-125/roll for silage wrap this season, according to plastics importers. Operations and purchasing manager at J Grennan and Sons, Michael Burke, told theFarming ...

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ACADEMICS are being asked to find ways of preventing unsightly plastic silage wrap littering the Welsh countryside. An estimated 15,000 tonnes of waste plastic is generated each year in Wales as ...

Livestock farmers across the UK have welcomed the change of heart by the UK Treasury which will now see silage wrap excused the £200 a tonne plastic packaging tax due to have been introduced in April.

The addition of silage wrap to the list of products attracting the new £200 a tonne plastic tax set to be introduced at the beginning of April this year has created a storm of protest from farming ...

Birds are a major source of damage to baled silage, but tears can occur at the baling and gathering stages, too. If a hole is not patched, air will seep in for the entire period between ensiling and ...