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 ...

SHOREVIEW, Minn . – Depending upon how much silage inventory carryover your farm has on hand, you may be looking at making the switch to new crop corn silage very soon, if you haven’t already. When ...

As the new year begins, it is important to look back at pasture and forage production conditions to understand what to focus on for the coming year. As of late October, much of Nebraska was in ...

THE Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board is mulling extending the ongoing silage production project for livestock and dairy farmers — adding two more districts to the existing four. The move ...

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, ...

Producers should think about how much silage they need, rather than how much they can make this season, according to EBLEX‘s Liz Genever. With cereal and straw rations currently offering attractive ...

Forage production and its nutritional management are fundamental to sustaining pasture-based livestock systems across diverse agroecological regions. This field integrates advanced agronomic practices ...

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 ...