An online calculator that can help determine the price of corn silage is available in Purdue Extension’s new publication, Determining A Value For Corn Silage....More
Shredlage is less sortable and more digestible – with more physically effective fiber – than that harvested with a standard crop processor, say Shredlage LLC representatives....More
California silage-corn producers and Wyoming hay growers dominated the World Ag Expo Forage Challenge, announced Feb. 12 at the Tulare, CA, farm show....More
Growing normal and brown midrib (BMR) corn hybrids together produced silage with a chemical composition almost comparable to pure BMR silage. When fed to cows the mixture resulted in greater feed efficiency and lower milk MUN than normal silage....More
Corn grain and silage in the drought-stricken Corn Belt may contain aflatoxin, a toxic carcinogen for livestock, warn Kiersten Wise and Charles Woloshuk, Purdue Extension plant pathologists....More
Drought-damaged corn can make good feed when chopped for silage, but growers tend to har-vest it when it’s too wet, resulting in poor fermentation, warns Keith Johnson, Purdue Extension forage specialist....More
Corn growers who want to salvage drought-damaged fields for livestock feed should do it carefully because of the potential for high nitrates in the forage, warns a University of Illinois Extension educator....More
