It’s not an ideal situation. I’d rather have lots of high quality corn silage and alfalfa, yet it does work. We also tend to feed higher sugar, lower starch diets, which in my opinion benefits ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — The next Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar will be from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 3. The program — “What does this season’s corn silage look like?” ...

Make sure you’ll have enough old-crop silage to give new-crop silage time to cure after harvest. “In Wisconsin we like to be in the field by April 25, and once we get two weeks out from that date, ...

This Ohio State University spreadsheet calculates a corn silage production budget. Without some form of budgeting and some method to track your enterprises’ progress you’ll have difficulty determining ...

the new baler can be used to mesh-wrap forage before bagging as silage, as well as to bale dry hay, straw or even corn stover. Also, Agco said, a silage bale that’s wrapped as soon as it leaves the ...

This makes the breakdown of starch to sugar more efficient than traditional corn silage or grain. Enogen corn is about 5% more feed efficient than corn that does not contain the trait. Cattle ...

This South Dakota State University Extension Silage/Earlage Calculator is designed to help corn and livestock producers answer questions regarding the value of standing fields of corn either as grain, ...

Officials say a firefighter was injured while battling a farm equipment fire when a corn stalk bale fell on him over the weekend in Stearns County. According to the Stearns County Sheriff’s ...

The estimated costs of corn, corn silage, soybean, alfalfa, and pasture maintenance in this report are based on data from several sources. They include the annual Iowa Farm Business Association record ...

Most producers are finishing up corn harvest and starting to bale corn stocks ... corn harvested for silage is completed in the state. Pasture condition is 10% good condition and 24% fair condition.