Corn Silage Archive
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 ...
BMR Sorghum Boosts Intake, Not Production
Cows fed brown midrib (BMR) sorghum silage in a University of Nebraska study had slightly higher dry matter intakes than cows fed conventional sorghum,...
Get Replanting Advice From Various Sources
After experiencing a crop failure and determining it's worth planting another crop, growers look for advice. Get it from several sources, including seed...
Forage Production May Offer Help in Salvaging Corn
While wind, hail, floods and drought have destroyed the potential for corn harvest in some fields this season, forage production may offer a viable option in salvaging the value of what's left, says University of Nebraska extension forage specialist Bruce Anderson. Grazing may be the simplest option for utilizing the downed corn, he says. “If you have more ruined corn than cattle to consume it, build...
Don’t Replant Damaged Fields To Sorghum-Sudan
To add insult to injury, Wisconsin, Minnesota and northern Iowa growers with hail-damaged cornfields in late July have been advised to grow sorghum-sudangrass as a replacement, says Dan Undersander.
“Don’t,” pleads the extension forage agronomist with the University of Wisconsin...
Grazing Corn: Cattlemen Like Automatic Feeding
For Jay Jensen and his family, feeding cattle every day through an Idaho winter has become a distant memory instead of a chore. This is the third winter...
Preserve Wet Distillers
Harvesttime mixing of wet distillers grains and corn silage may be the best way for some dairy producers to handle the ethanol byproduct, says Dave Schingoethe,...
