Corn Silage Archive
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. ...
How To Make Quality Corn Silage
Harvesting corn silage at the right time for best livestock performance requires diligent monitoring of the crop’s moisture content, say forage experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred...
Does Your Corn Silage Look Okay?
Last year’s cold, wet and belated corn silage harvest may come back to haunt some dairy producers...
Don’t Gamble When Choosing Your Silage Corn Hybrids
Growers can improve their odds of getting the best silage corn hybrids for their farms by 15-20% – if they use multi-location average performance...
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...
New York Dairyman Wins World's Forage Superbowl
David Dickey of Southtown Dairy Farm, South New Berlin, NY, was named overall grand champion in the 26th-annual World's Forage Analysis Superbowl during a luncheon held yesterday – Wednesday, Sept. 30 – at World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI ...
