It is estimated that between $600 million and $2.2 billion worth of silage is lost each year simply due to dry matter (DM) losses from spoilage and heating 1 — decreases in production due to nutritive ...

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 ...

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 ...

Creating quality silage is most dependent on harvest plant moisture. Ideally, when chopping silage, the plant should be 32-38% dry matter. Moisture calculation is key, and given the genetics of ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARGO - Even before ethanol production, corn was the king of dairy feeds, especially as the forage of corn silage. Advances in corn hybrid genetics have presented many improvements in the production ...

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, ...

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, ...