Barely Baleage
Kenny Schmidt and Sean Hartung had 400 acres of alfalfa down, and rain was eminent. At just over 20% moisture, the crop wouldn't quite make dry hay. But...
Lined Bunkers Stop Spoilage
Plastic isn't just the last thing Bill Rowekamp deals with when filling bunker silos. It's also the first. That's because he lines his empty bunkers with...
Not-So-Promising Partners
Ken Albrecht was optimistic that growing climbing beans with corn would increase silage yield and protein content. It looked like a good way for Wisconsin...
Texas Dairies Want Small-Grain Silage
Texas Panhandle dairymen are looking for growers to produce wheat or triticale silage, say two Texas Cooperative Exten-sion specialists....
Extra Packing Pays
Paying more attention to bunker silo packing can bring big improvements in silage density. But it may not be enough to curb excessive dry matter losses,...
Piles of Baleage
Round bales piled under white plastic tarps and covered by snow mark the winter yard of Alvin Findlay, Snowflake, Manitoba. Findlay stacks silage bales...
Staging A Comeback
Chrysler was able to do it in the 1980s. Harley Davidson did it in the 1990s. Now Harvestore is hoping to add its name to the list of high-profile companies...
Forage Sorghum Saves Water
New Mexico dairies may be better off feeding forage sorghum silage instead of corn silage, says Mark Marsalis. The underground water resources that we...
Quality Covering
Can the type of plastic you use to cover silage in a bunker reduce dry matter losses during storage? Maybe, says Rich Muck, researcher at the U.S. Dairy...
BMR Sorghum-Sudan Replaces Corn Silage
Brown midrib (BMR) sorghum-sudangrass silage is an effective replacement for corn silage in dairy cow diets, say researchers at the Miner Institute, Chazy,...
