Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

Vyefield stores grass and corn in sealed bags, allowing both to ferment into high-quality silage. This approach supports a consistent, year-round feed supply. When incorporated into their TMR, the ...

As seed companies phase out brown midrib corn silage hybrids, producers are reevaluating how to maintain forage quality and ...

Iowa livestock farmers who’ve seen their pastures dry up and their hay supply dwindle may be able to find another source to feed their animals. Corn stalks can be chopped up and turned into silage.

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A near-record harvest, low crop prices and a shortage of storage space are changing how some farmers store their crops. Many growers are stuffing corn, wheat and sometimes soybeans into 300-foot ...

FARGO - Avoiding high-moisture corn is not an option in 2009 for many producers. We are at a time when harvest should be nearly complete. Not just in our region, but also in the entire Corn Belt, ...

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 ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

Canadian dairy farms face several silage-related challenges that are uniquely shaped by national climate, regulatory, and logistical factors not commonly seen in the United States. In much of Canada, ...