Storing silage in bunkers or piles – while maintaining high quality with little waste at feedout – is an art involving some mathematics, says Brian Holmes, University of Wisconsin biological systems engineer.
Here’s a quick guide to the differences between corn and forage sorghum, courtesy of Brent Bean, Texas AgriLife Extension agronomist, and colleagues....More
Forage sorghums can help provide feed in regions short on forage after last year’s droughts, say university agronomists from Pennsylvania and Texas.
Greg Roth urges south-central Pennsylvania dairy producers to consider doublecropping brown midrib (BMR) forage sorghums – after first-cut hay or small-grain silage – on ground some are currently putting to silage corn....More
Soybean plants have a remarkable ability to fill empty spaces, so maximum yield can be achieved with a minimum amount of seed, say researchers at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. But they point out that low seeding rates result in thicker stems, reducing quality....More
Accumulated growing-degree days (GDD) may not be an accurate tool for timing the first alfalfa cutting this year, warn Michigan State University forage and dairy specialists....More
Jonathan Gaskins, Columbia, KY, has harvested wheat for silage – to feed his lactating dairy cows – two to three weeks ahead of schedule.
Usually, says Gaskins, he wouldn’t be in the field until the last week of April or first week of May. Yet his 110 wheat acres were ready to cut April 3 and he finished April 11....More
With alfalfa growth running well ahead of normal this year, growers should consider using Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) to determine when to harvest, says Brian Lang, Iowa State University Extension field agronomist....More
Storing silage in bunkers or piles – while maintaining high quality with little waste at feedout – is an art involving some mathematics, says Brian Holmes, University of Wisconsin biological systems engineer....More
The University of Wisconsin Extension’s Team Forage is looking for agents and cooperating producers to participate in its Alfalfa Yield and Persistence Project....More
