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Chop Dry Corn Fine, Pack Well

If your corn crop gets too dry for best silage-making, chop it finer than usual and pack it well, suggests Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...

Pinpoint Silage-Corn Moisture Content

With corn silage harvest approaching in most of Ohio, it’s time to check your crop’s moisture content if you haven’t already, say Ohio State University forage specialists...

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Alfalfa Silage

Fall Cutting Decision Is Balancing Act

Alfalfa growers have to balance the need for tonnage, forage quality and winter survival when deciding whether to take a late cutting, say Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Bill Bland, Extension climatologist...

Slugs Hit Seedling Alfalfa In Wisconsin

Slugs have stripped the leaves from alfalfa seedlings under an oat-pea cover crop in Marathon County, WI, report Dan Undersander University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Eileen Cullen, Extension entomologist...

Tips To Control Summer Weeds In Alfalfa

Good management, possibly aided by herbicides, can reduce the amount of foxtail, crabgrass, pigweed and other weeds in alfalfa fields, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage agronomist...

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Corn Silage

Chop Dry Corn Fine, Pack Well

If your corn crop gets too dry for best silage-making, chop it finer than usual and pack it well, suggests Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...

Pinpoint Silage-Corn Moisture Content

With corn silage harvest approaching in most of Ohio, it’s time to check your crop’s moisture content if you haven’t already, say Ohio State University forage specialists...

A Good Seal Keeps Oxygen Out, Losses Down

A bunker or pile covering that's sealed correctly will minimize spoilage losses, says Richard Muck, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center ag engineer. ...

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Grass Silage

Researchers Evaluate Potential Pests In Biomass Crops

Pests are being identified in perennial grasses used for biomass crops, according to University of Illinois entomologists...

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...

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Other Silage

How To Pick A Fall-Planted Forage Crop

Before deciding to plant wheat, rye or triticale this fall for forage next spring, consider the strengths and weaknesses of each one, advises Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...

Plant Winter Rye For Spring Forage

Planting winter rye following soybean or corn silage harvest is a good way for dairy producers to increase feed production from limited acres, say University of Wisconsin dairy specialists...

Sunflowers Are Suitable Late Silage Crop

Livestock producers who need more forage might consider a late planting of sunflowers. They may be your best bet for replanting a field or double cropping after wheat...

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Research in Brief

The following items report on forage-related research recently presented by University experts at meetings across the country.

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For biopower technology and research news as it relates to forages, Hay & Forage Grower has gathered these articles. Watch for new items each week.

Termite Enzymes May Benefit Cellulosic Ethanol
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NAFA Offers Alfalfa Variety Info

Before buying your alfalfa seed for next season, check out the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) 2010 Edition of Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties. It is now in the November issue of Hay & Forage Grower.

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