Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

Vyefield stores grass and corn in sealed bags, allowing both to ferment into high-quality silage. This approach supports a consistent, year-round feed supply. When incorporated into their TMR, the ...

James Mugerwa, a mixed farmer in Mukono explains that protecting animal feed quality is an important aspect of grain feed stocks. Mugerwa says that to minimise spoilage, smallholder farmers can bag ...

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. — Close to 30 corn silage varieties were featured during a recent plot tour near Little Falls. The plots on the Vern Scherping farm featured a diverse collection that included ...

A near-record harvest, low crop prices and a shortage of storage space are changing the way some farmers store their crops. Across Minnesota and elsewhere, many growers are stuffing corn, wheat and ...

FARGO - Avoiding high-moisture corn is not an option in 2009 for many producers. We are at a time when harvest should be nearly complete. Not just in our region, but also in the entire Corn Belt, ...

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 ...

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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, ...

A near-record harvest, low crop prices and a shortage of storage space are changing how some farmers store their crops. Many growers are stuffing corn, wheat and sometimes soybeans into 300-foot ...