TOP Emergency Crop
If you need emergency forage, you can't beat corn silage for yield and quality. That's the conclusion reached by Paul Peterson, University of Minnesota...
Written Rapport
Tales of frustration and confusion are more rule than exception among people who have been on either side of sell/buy transactions for corn silage. A...
F.I.R.S.T. Tests Silage Hybrids
Results from F.I.R.S.T. (Farmer's Independent Research of Seed Technologies) 2004 corn silage tests are available on the company's Web site. Last year's...
Mix It Up
Taking haylage or corn silage from the entire face of a bunker silo and mixing it can help maximize ration consistency. So says Bill Stone, a Cornell...
Half And Half
Dairy producers with alfalfa haylage and corn silage can maximize feed efficiency by feeding about equal amounts of both forages. That's the conclusion...
It's Still Good Feed
It's not a sow's ear; we can still make a silk purse out of it. That's what University of Illinois dairy nutritionist Mike Hutjens says of the immature...
Choose Hybrids That Produce More Milk
The stakes are higher than ever for dairy producers choosing corn silage hybrids, says Joe Lauer, University of Wisconsin extension corn agronomist. It's...
Make SUPER Corn Silage
Some livestock producers always use inoculants on their hay-crop silage, but not on their corn silage. That's a mistake, says Kansas State University...
From Waste To Worth
Washington state grass-seed growers may soon be able to turn their straw into gold, or actually, liquid fuel. USDA-ARS researchers, a nonprofit group...
Silage Shakedown
A new test can help dairy producers determine how well their corn silage was processed. Processing rolls break or nick many kernels, making them more...
