Fitted to the milling head and integrated into Siloking’s feed management software, DryScan further improves the consistency of ration quality, by assessing and responding to variations in silage quality across the clamp face.
“Dry matter variations in silage can have quite an impact on ration stability,” explains Kverneland feeding specialist David Perry. “The ability to sense dry matter values at the milling head and adjust the fresh matter intake to compensate, is producing a much more consistent ration than solely relying on fresh weight. With this technology, there’s far less risk of upsetting a cow’s digestion, which means less variation in milk production.”
Additional developments can be found on TrailedLine models, and include the introduction of an electro-hydraulic control system called Basic Control, and greater advances in VarioSpeed’s functionality.
“Introducing an overlap on speed ranges along with auger speed selection and mixing time duration for individual feed components has boosted feeding efficiency,” says David Perry. “During loading, the augers will automatically start and stop, and run for a pre-determined time and at different speeds to suit each ingredient’s need for mixing and chopping. This process has been proved to reduce tractor fuel consumption by up to 15%.”
