Discussions of safety around bunker silos and silage piles have typically included warnings about overturning tractors, running over bystanders, getting crushed by a loader bucket and other hazards.

Q. Are plastic covers worth the cost? A. As long as you use good quality plastic, yes! Covering a silage bunker or pile can help save producers the expenses associated with dry matter (DM) and ...

Feed shrinkage is caused by many factors, including delivery weight errors, wind, birds, rodents, tires, tracked feed, cattle tossing feed, silage bunker losses, feed refusals, bunk heating and ...

This growing season has been tough for many producers between early frosts, wind/hail damage, late replanting, heat and drought conditions. As a result, silage has become a very attractive option this ...

This growing season has been tough for many producers between early frosts, wind/hail damage, late replanting, heat and drought conditions. As a result, silage has become a very attractive option this ...

Firefighters from Station 69 in Laurel responded around 11:55 a.m. Sept. 24 to assist the partially flipped John Deere 8300 on a property along Beebe Road in Lynden. The tractor had gone over the wall ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The director of the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center was in Rochester recently to give updates about its research projects. Neal Martin was a keynote speaker at a meeting put on by ...