Grass Silage Archive
Tissue Tests Measure More
Hay growers can get a better idea of how fertile their alfalfa fields are if they have plants tested rather than soil. That's especially important considering...
Ryegrass Cover Crop Increases No-Till Corn Yields In Dry Years
Annual ryegrass used as a cover crop with no-till corn can out-produce conventionally tilled acres by an average of 50 bu/acre in droughty conditions...
Consistently Better
Matt Beckerink wants the silage for his high-producing dairy cows to be consistent, and alfalfa doesn't do well on some of his fields. That's the biggest...
Perfect Piles
Storing silage in drive-over piles instead of bunkers often results in higher losses. But that doesn't have to be the case, says Kansas State University...
Forage Sorghum Silage Use Growing In Texas Dairies
Whether forage sorghum becomes hay or silage, is used in a summer grazing program or as an alternative crop, interest in it is definitely picking up....
New Prairie Grasses May Fatten Beef Cattle
Two new varieties of big bluestem prairie grass could boost beef cattle weight by as much as 50 lbs/head...
Italian Stallion
If producers are looking for a high-quality annual forage with good productivity, Paul Peterson recommends Italian ryegrass. I'm excited about it, says...
Seed Or Sprig?
Horse enthusiast-commercial hay grower Sid Pittman decided not to phone a contract sprigger when increasing his bermudagrass acreage last year. Instead,...
Sold On Sorghum-Sudan
When Guy Clark first planted brown midrib (BMR) sorghum-sudangrass eight years ago, he put in 80 acres. Today he has 400 acres of it and only 60 of alfalfa....
Sold On Bale Silage
We wouldn't be in the cattle or hay business without baleage, says Jonny Harris. We make our money off square-bale hay and feed the baleage to the cows....
