Silage
Tillering BMR Corn Is Fast Forage
A new tillering forage corn that can produce 5 tons/acre of high-energy, high-protein dry matter in 60 days will revolutionize the way some forage is...
Forage Corn Produces Like ‘A Jungle,’ Researcher Says
Ron Kaufman planted six rows of MasterGraze in a test plot last spring. He didn't harvest it, but was impressed with the amount of vegetation...
Alfalfa Silage
Low-Cost Wide Swaths
If more Wisconsin dairy producers would chop alfalfa the same day it's mowed, they'd harvest higher-quality haylage and reduce rain-damage worries, says...
Condition Cool-Weather Haylage Cuttings
Always condition alfalfa that will be put up as dry hay. But when making wide swaths for haylage, choose to condition or not based on temperature and...
Beef Cows Weaned Into Corn
As forage harvesting costs and feed-grain prices climb, beef producers are faced with some hard feeding choices. Throw drought into the mix and these...
Corn Silage
Superbowl Winner Is Committed To Corn Silage
When David Dickey was invited to Madison, WI, to be honored on Sept. 30 as overall winner in the 2009 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl, his nutritionist...
Watch For Moldy Corn, Warn Illinois, Wisconsin Experts
Because of this fall’s record rainfall and cold weather, Illinois dairy producers should beware of mold and mycotoxins in corn, according to Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois extension dairy specialist...
Cold Temps Hinder Silage Production, Expert Says
A hard frost and continuing cold temperatures have J.W. Schroeder worried that silage corn won’t be able to ferment adequately in North Dakota. What’s needed, says the North Dakota State University extension dairy specialist, is warm weather...
Grass Silage
Tissue Tests Measure More
Hay growers can get a better idea of how fertile their alfalfa fields are if they have plants tested rather than soil. That's especially important considering...
Ryegrass Cover Crop Increases No-Till Corn Yields In Dry Years
Annual ryegrass used as a cover crop with no-till corn can out-produce conventionally tilled acres by an average of 50 bu/acre in droughty conditions...
Other Silage
Tracking Teff
Growers from Washington to New York and parts in between now have one or more years' experience with teff, an Ethiopian warm-season annual grass. For...
Topping It Off
The cattle at Cimarron Farm don't have to reach far to grab mouthfuls of fresh forage. That's because folks at the St. Albans, VT, organic dairy began...
Optimizing Acres
Booming land prices, coupled with fewer acres to rent in his neighborhood, have led Cliff Schuette to develop a forage chain. It lets him graze year-round...
