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Silage around the world
They say it’s a small world. Well with advances in technology, particularly that relating to communication and travel, it’s only getting smaller. Today, it’s never been easier for the world’s farmers to share ideas, expertise and farming practices. So what lessons can we learn from our international counterparts when it comes to making good quality, nutritious silage?
Read moreThe seven sins of silage
When it comes to producing good quality, nutritious silage small things can make a big difference. This is especially true of mistakes. A cut corner here or a slight oversight there can ultimately result in silage that’s unusable due to insufficient dry matter content or worse, that’s dangerous to herd health because of mould growth and the likely presence of mycotoxins or Listeria.
Read moreHay versus baled silage
'Make hay while the sun shines'. We've all heard the saying but for many farmers and agricultural contractors this statement has become just as applicable when times are hard. Compared with baled silage, relying on hay as a winter feed can seem like a lower cost option. But is it actually a cheaper alternative? Or is it more a case of false economy?
Read moreVisqueen Clingseal - Top award for a top sheet
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bpi.agri, manufacturer of high quality silage films, was announced as the winner of the 2010 Marketing Excellence Award for Manufacturing at a glittering Awards Ceremony in the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on Tuesday night. The Award was made for the business’ campaign to promote the benefits of Visqueen Clingseal, a flexible, low permeability agricultural film which can significantly reduce top and shoulder waste in the silage clamp.
Read morebpi shows support for RNLI
British Polythene Industries (BPI) plc has shown its support for the important work of the RNLI. The business - which ranks not only as Europe’s largest manufacturer of polythene films bags and sacks but also as Europe’s largest waste polythene recycler - has donated a Plaswood bench to the charity’s new Exmouth lifeboat station.
Read moreBPI honoured with Scottish Green Award
Greenock based British Polythene Industries, Europe’s largest recycler of polythene film, was announced last night (30 Sept) as the winner of the Best Green Large Company category at the 2010 Scottish Green Awards ceremony.
Read morebpi.agri invests in new technology - and new possibilities
bpi.agri is set to augment its track record of providing high quality wide width films for agricultural applications with the imminent unveiling of a new production line in Ardeer, Ayrshire. The state-of-the-art wide width line, installed as part of a £7 million investment project at the site, is believed to be one of the widest and most advanced anywhere in the world.
Read morebpi.agri backs Federation of Welsh Grasslands
Demonstrating the strength of its continued commitment to British agriculture, leading manufacturer of Polybale balewrap and Visqueen silage sheeting bpi.agri has become a commercial sponsor of the Federation of Welsh Grassland Societies.
Read moreNew site for tried and tested balewrap
bpi.agri has launched a new website dedicated to its Polybale® brand of balewrapping film. www.polybale.com offers in-depth information on this highly popular product, which is already a preferred choice for farmers and agricultural contractors across Europe and beyond.
Read moreNew Silage Advisory Centre to Support Farmers’ Decision-Making
Farmers urged not to let recycling efforts go to waste
bpi.agri spends £10 million on factory
bpi.agri, the British-based, world leading manufacturer of silage balewrap and clamp sheets, has spent £10 million enhancing its Leominster factory. The move will significantly increase the manufacturer’s production capacity for products like Silotite®, Visqueen Poliwrap® and Polybale® . It will also enable the business to produce a whole new range of next generation agricultural films.
Read moreAdvice that's not to be wasted
The UK’s leading manufacturer of agricultural films, bpi.agri, is stepping up its on-going activities to help farmers operate as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible when it comes to agricultural films. The company, which produces such well known bale wraps as Silotite, Visqueen Poliwrap and Polybale, has recently issued a number of top tips which provide expert advice on how to prepare your waste polythene for recycling - quickly, easily and cost effectively.
Read moreProtecting your baled silage from Wireworms
As has been well documented previously the correct storage of silage bales is vital to preserve and retain the quality and nutritional value of the feed inside. Handling and storing bales properly avoids damage caused by birds and rodents or even grass stubble. However there is another potential hazard to baled silage, which has until now been overlooked, and that is the damage which can be caused by wireworms.
Read morebpi.agri invests in new technology - and new possibilities
bpi.agri is set to augment its track record of providing high quality wide width films for agricultural applications with the imminent unveiling of a new production line in Ardeer, Ayrshire. The state-of-the-art wide width line, installed as part of a £7 million investment project at the site, is believed to be one of the widest and most advanced anywhere in the world.
Much of the information regarding the new high efficiency line remains closely guarded but bpi.agri has disclosed it is able to produce film sheets measuring up to 22 metres across and that these sheets can be co-extruded from as many as 5 individual film layers.
This ability to produce such large sheets coupled with the fact that each film layer can be tailored to offer different performance characteristics will enable the line to play a key role in the on-going advancement of bpi.agri’s high performance Visqueen silage sheet range.
In particular, it will be used to help pioneer new products and to provide additional production capacity for bpi.agri’s popular Visqueen Agri-S range and for its new range of thinner, flexible clamp sheets known as Visqueen Clingseal.
Launched earlier this year, Clingseal is designed for use beneath a conventional, silage sheet where it clings more closely to the contours of the clamp’s surface to form a closer fitting air barrier. Feedback for this recently introduced range has been extremely positive and the manufacturer can now take its production to new and exciting levels.
Thanks to the line’s technically advanced nature, bpi.agri also enjoys precision control of film width and thickness as well as of polymer blend and dosing. This will ensure the production of films of exceptional consistency and quality which the manufacturer will support with its existing and stringent QA systems.
As with bpi.agri’s existing production capabilities, customers can also expect full product traceability not only for the final product but for all raw materials employed in its production.
Further advantages offered by the line include the ability to produce films of exceptional durability and strength thanks to their five layer construction as well as greater flexibility in terms of film folding. This will allow bpi.agri to manage folding so that it can avoid the formation of film weak spots.
Speaking of the new line, which will be officially unveiled in a few weeks time, John Lancaster, Commercial Director at bpi.agri, said: “The £multi-million investment at BPI’s Ardeer site has seen many new and exciting additions and enhancements to the factory - and none more so than the new five layer wide film line. We’re proud of it, of its capabilities and of its remarkable nature. We’ve every confidence customers will share this excitement once they experience some of the new and existing products it will be used to produce.”
