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

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

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.

Corn silage is an essential component of many dairy and beef cattle rations. The goal is to make a high-quality feedstuff, but to achieve this requires planning before harvest, monitoring plant ...

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 ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...

DAIRY PRODUCTION can rise to as much as eight to 10 liters of milk per cow from the usual two to four liters with greater use of fermented corn feed known as silage, the Bureau of Agricultural ...

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, ...