Winter forage meeting set for March 13 in Beaver Dam

Learn what’s planned for the Dodge County Forage Council’s Winter Meeting and Forage Contest on March 13 in Beaver Dam.
Hoard's Dairyman

Leveraging no-till in forage rotations

Even with decades of evidence showing enhanced soil health and lower machinery expenses, national no-till adoption rates ...
extension.purdue.edu

Corn Silage Harvest Techniques

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, ...
Farm Progress

Forage is an attitude, run in a system

There are many forage experts in the industry. Unfortunately, a vast number are just “silo smart,” meaning they have deep knowledge about a small slice of the industry that produces forage, but not ...
Purdue University

Extension publication helps farmers price corn silage

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the price of corn goes, so goes the price of corn silage. Knowing how the price of the former will affect the price of the latter can translate into extra dollars in the ...
La Crosse Tribune

When Others Walk Away from Dairy, We Double Down

When BMR hybrids started vanishing from other suppliers, we didn't blink because we never committed to BMR in the first place. Instead, we provide Silage Choice options to dairy producers who need ...
The Journal

Water at the root of which makes better silage—forage sorghum or corn silage

In many parts of the High Plains, farmers are looking for a way to make the most of the water they have available, whether it is through irrigation or Mother Nature. Jourdan Bell, assistant professor ...
AgWeb

Sorghum Silage a Suitable Alternative to Corn Silage, with Proper Management

Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...
philstar.com

Corn silage as livelihood source

MANILA, Philippines - Enterprising farmers can look at corn silage production as an alternative source of livelihood. Corn silage is a fermented, high-moisture, stored fodder, which can be fed to ...
The Greeley Tribune

Weld dominates Colorado in corn silage production

KERSEY – The temperature was in the low to mid-80s and the two silage corn cutters moved through the field effortlessly, kicking the chopped corn into the semi-trailers that followed alongside. The ...
inforum

Soggy Walsh County farms band together in corn chopping bee

FORDVILLE, N.D. — There was no way to get trucks into the fields in south-central Walsh County after two feet of snow and another inch of rain in October. But a neighborhood group of about 11 farmers ...