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 ...

The gigantic silage pile sitting in the feedyard every winter is an accomplishment. It starts with putting seed in the ground in the spring and continues through getting it chopped, piled up and ...

It's still early to harvest the corn and the soybeans, but farmers in the northern reaches of the Miami Valley are going from corn field to corn field chopping the corn into silage to feed the cows.

This has been a great year for corn growth so long as you are on well-drained soil. The showers and rain we have gotten all summer have allowed our corn crop to grow to heights not seen in years in ...

Corn silage performance comes down to a handful of decisions in the field and at the bunk that ultimately show up in how cows ...

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 ...

Watch the silage chopping process on the farm, from cutting to collecting, showcasing the machinery and techniques used to prepare feed efficiently. Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed ...

Ideally, when chopping silage, the plant should be 32-38% dry matter. Moisture calculation is key, and given the genetics of today’s corn varieties, the relationship between milk line and plant ...

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, ...

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 ...