Q. I"m planning to harvest an alfalfa-grass mix for silage. What is the best dry matter content to ensile at? A. The optimum dry matter (DM) content for alfalfa, alfalfa-grass mixtures and grass (as ...

High-quality corn silage often is an economical substitute for some of the grain in finishing and in dairy rations, and it can be an important winter feed for cow-calf producers. All too often, though ...

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 ...

JUNEAU | Dodge County Forage Council will conduct weekly corn silage moisture tests this year on Sept. 1, 8, and 15. Harvesting corn for silage at the ideal whole plant moisture is vital to get proper ...

Because the silage and high moisture harvests are overlapping this year, there is a bit of chaos unloading at the feedlots in ...

Weather trends toward drought have Texas cattle producers considering their options as cool-season forage planting gets ...

Corn that was planted early came in the low 60s and some of the later plantings were still coming in the low 70 percent. The cooler weather last week slowed the drying down. Plants lost between a ...