Many farms have produced high-quality forage (11.5+ of metabolisable energy) this year and should factor in silage quality to save money by cutting supplementary feeding. Independent silage consultant ...

Vaishali Malde, the marketing director at Packaging Industries Limited explain the science behind silage storage and rules that must never be broken. 1. Climate change is the greatest threat to food ...

Fall is on its way in South Dakota. However, with many flooded and saturated fields, some producers are growing concerned that there will be little opportunity to harvest silage before corn dries down ...

QUINCY, Ill., Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2018 corn harvest is fast approaching in the U.S., but like the growing season itself, it's at the mercy of Mother Nature. Even in America's heartland, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

Corn silage has always been a major feed component in dairy and beef rations. However, this year’s weather is making harvesting corn silage a challenge for many areas of the state. Northwest and ...

Back and forth, pushing and packing. This is how Jason Feldhaus, a partner at Reisch Farms near Howard, is spending the last few days of August and into September - packing corn silage. "I always joke ...

Josephine is a dairy farmer and trainer in animal production. After years of working with various agricultural organisations, the livestock extension specialist who holds a Master’s degree in climate ...

Corn that was planted early came in the low 60s and some of the later plantings were still coming in the low 70 percent. The cooler weather last week slowed the drying down. Plants lost between a ...