Bob Charley

Bob Charley received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and is employed by Lallemand Animal Nutrition, North America as the forage products manager, since 2002.

Améliorer la qualité des aliments : comment prévenir la contamination et augmenter le retour sur l’investissement

Il est essentiel de comprendre les risques associés aux aliments instables qui chauffent et de prendre les mesures appropriées pour minimiser les problèmes et ainsi maximiser la santé et la rentabilité des vaches.

February 24, 2025

Bob Charley, Anthony Hall, and Renato J. Schmidt

Les vaches, dont la lignée remonte à la période glaciaire, prospèrent dans des températures plus fraîches allant de 4,4 °C à 15,5 °C. Au fur et à mesure que les températures estivales montent en flèche, les vaches hautement productives sont confrontées à des problèmes de stress thermique, et cela devient encore plus difficile lorsqu’elles sont nourries avec des aliments instables, chauffés et gâtés.

Ensiling and preparing to feed weather-challenged crops

Summer weather patterns have led to unusual and stressful crop growing conditions before and right up to harvest dates.

September 7, 2023

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

Erratic weather patterns across the U.S. have stressed many silage crops in the field. Some regions and forage crops have experienced prolonged high temperatures and drought.

Boost forage inventories with alternative crops

April 30, 2020

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

Challenging growing conditions have created potential shortages in silage stocks over the past few years, which has sparked interest in putting up alternative silage crops, some more creative than others.

What to expect and how to manage corn silage from the 2019 season

December 12, 2019

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

The 2019 corn silage season was as challenging as last year, mainly due to excessive precipitation – including flooding in some areas – leading to heavy, saturated soils.

Investigating silage spoilage in summer

July 25, 2019

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

Despite producers’ best efforts, sometimes silage will succumb to yeasts, molds and other microbes that can cause spoilage. Heating, mold growth or mustiness are all signs the silage is aerobically unstable. The losses due to unstable silage can be huge: The most highly digestible nutrients go first, and then the tonnage of feed available starts to really drop.

Improve silage management to make more money

July 15, 2019

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

Managers and owners often have the tough decision of weighing what expenses must be reduced while still increasing profit and, above all, how to be most efficient. The initial impulse may be to cut some costs temporarily, but this may lead to long-term consequences, especially in terms of milk peak, persistence and total yield.

Beef up your silage program with inoculants

January 30, 2019

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

The use of silage on backgrounding operations offers many benefits, particularly for those producers who own or rent crop ground. Finishing rations typically include 5 to 15 percent silage for roughage.

What to expect from 2018 silage and how to feed it

November 27, 2018

Bob Charley

This 2018 forage season was again a challenging one for producers across North America. In some areas, there were weeks of heavy precipitation, leading to saturated soils and even flooding. Other parts of the region had an uncharacteristically cool spring, with some sown crops needing replanting, which in turn led to a late harvest.

International Silage Conference highlights

September 28, 2018

Bob Charley and Renato J. Schmidt

The first edition of the International Silage Conference (ISC) in 1972 – called “Silage Seminar” – was held in Edinburgh and was open exclusively to British researchers. The conference has since evolved and is now held every three years and hosted by various countries throughout the world.

Dig a little deeper: A silage case study

August 6, 2018

Bob Charley

Recently, on an online forum, someone asked how much nitrogen everyone was applying on their triticale fields to get an idea of what application rate to use.

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Améliorer la qualité des aliments : comment prévenir la contamination et augmenter le retour sur l’investissement

Ensiling and preparing to feed weather-challenged crops

Boost forage inventories with alternative crops

What to expect and how to manage corn silage from the 2019 season

Investigating silage spoilage in summer

Improve silage management to make more money

Beef up your silage program with inoculants

What to expect from 2018 silage and how to feed it

International Silage Conference highlights

Dig a little deeper: A silage case study

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