• Use silage inoculants to improve fermentation. Liquid inoculants may be more effective in dry silage. • If piling or using bunker silos, use extra heavy tractors for packing and pack no more than 6 ...

Good-quality grass silage is the foundation of the winter ration for livestock, and throughout the year for housed systems. A key metric for achieving the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Relatively dry and warm conditions through March and April have pushed first cut silage forward, with many farmers preparing to harvest a week or two earlier than normal. While poor weather in the ...

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 ...

MANDAN, N.D. — Bill Klesalek faced drought in 2020, but hopes the feed he saved from the wet 2019 will get him through this winter. Two years ago he was up to 500 cows, but has cut 350 cow-calf pairs, ...

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 ...

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