The gigantic silage pile sitting in the feedyard every winter is an accomplishment. It starts with putting seed in the ground in the spring and continues through getting it chopped, piled up and ...

Silage-packing management is important for quality, says Neil Broadwater, Extension educator in the Rochester regional office. For bunker silos, tractor weight, packing time, layer thickness, silage ...

In some areas, people are already putting up corn silage, especially areas where moisture was lacking. In this week’s column I’ll give a few pointers on making quality corn silage this fall. Depending ...

Corn silage has always been a major feed component in dairy and beef rations. However, this year’s weather is making harvesting corn silage a challenge for many areas of the state. Northwest and ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) says it has secured a silage packing machine and accompanying new technology that will improve access to nutritious feed material for dairy cattle nationwide ...

Now is the time for final preparations for the corn silage harvest. Years ago, experts recommended that corn silage be harvested at the black-layer stage of maturity. In recent years, research and ...

New silage choppers and associated equipment have increased the speed with which silage can be chopped and silos can be filled. But silage producers still need to pack the silage well. Most silage ...

With the limited hay crops in some areas this summer, beef producers may want to consider harvesting corn silage to supplement the cow herd this winter. Corn silage can be a very cost effective ...

If one month has passed since you filled the silo, initial corn silage fermentation is likely complete. That means it is time to pull a sample and send it off ...

Forage preservation can be an attractive alternate to cover farmer feed problems to ensure regular supply of fodder even in periods of acute shortage to get optimum production from dairy animals. The ...