Other Silages Archive
Tracking Teff
Growers from Washington to New York and parts in between now have one or more years' experience with teff, an Ethiopian warm-season annual grass. For...
Topping It Off
The cattle at Cimarron Farm don't have to reach far to grab mouthfuls of fresh forage. That's because folks at the St. Albans, VT, organic dairy began...
Optimizing Acres
Booming land prices, coupled with fewer acres to rent in his neighborhood, have led Cliff Schuette to develop a forage chain. It lets him graze year-round...
Making Millionaire$
Eric Gaul had no net worth when he started dairying in 2003. Today, at age 31, he's worth over $300,000 and is cruising toward his goal of becoming a...
Low-Tech Solution
A low-tech, easy-to-install-and-maintain irrigation system is giving U.S. grazing dairies a new tool to ensure pastures remain productive through summer...
Milking Once A Day
Cliff Hawbaker's Holstein-Jersey crosses produce up to 50 lbs of milk/cow/day on a 90% forage ration that doesn't include corn silage. Not bad for a pastured...
Dairy Specialist Offers Fall Forage Harvest Options
Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois extension dairy specialist, suggests three scenarios for fall forage harvesting. “We have plenty of late-planted corn and soybeans, which could be nipped by an early frost,” says Mike Hutjens. “It is important that dairy producers understand the alternatives and strategies...
First-Class Cover
They call it a cover-crop in South America. In North Dakota, it's an exotic seed that's surprising ranchers, forage growers and even cash grain producers....
Tasty In Texas
Triticale, once labeled by some as a poor substitute for corn and other silages, is scoring high with Texas dairies. For David Hinders, Canyon, triticale...
Not-So-Promising Partners
Ken Albrecht was optimistic that growing climbing beans with corn would increase silage yield and protein content. It looked like a good way for Wisconsin...
Forage Sorghum Saves Water
New Mexico dairies may be better off feeding forage sorghum silage instead of corn silage, says Mark Marsalis. The underground water resources that we...
Tropical legume is potential forage, seed crop
Texas researchers are optimistic that an annual summer legume with an unusual name might become popular in the South. Lablab, a fast-growing plant native...
A Perfect Couple
Growing corn and kura clover together can cut both nitrogen costs and soil erosion, says Ken Albrecht. Our preliminary research shows that we're significantly...
BMR Sorghum Saves Water
With a dairy as a new neighbor, Chris Urbanczyk had another market for his corn silage. But with rising irrigation costs, he wasn't sure that he could...
Fill-In Forages
When alfalfa winterkills, it's much easier to replace its volume than its quality. The handful of emergency forage crops recommended for the Upper Midwest...
Winter Wheat Heads Off Drought
By the time David Jones plants corn this year, he'll already have a significant amount of high-quality silage in his bunker. Last fall, this Aroda, VA,...
Interseeded Grass Tacks On Tonnage
Last year, the fourth cutting from one of John Miller's alfalfa fields yielded at least as much as the first. With 80 Holsteins and just 65 acres, this...
Red Clover Silage Makes More Milk
Red clover doesn’t yield quite as well as alfalfa, and it dries more slowly for hay. But red clover silage may be superior to alfalfa silage as a dairy feed, and can help reduce manure nitrogen levels....
Side By Side For Silage
Minnesotan mixes corn and soybeans in windrows. Allan Wake always wanted to make corn silage early, before northern Minnesota's fall weather made fields...
When Less Is More
Hulless oats, beardless barley offer higher quality. High yields and good feed value have made corn silage the annual forage of choice for livestock producers...
High On Rye
For Terry Mergen, winter rye cuts wintertime soil erosion, makes more efficient use of his land and provides forage for his dairy herd when supplies are...
Six-Foot Soybeans Are Here
If you're looking for an annual forage crop that packs plenty of protein and offers the convenience of one cutting, one of three new soybean varieties...
Dynamic Duo
Dale Fink has often wished he could plant soybeans with his silage corn to spike silage protein content. But, until recently, no herbicide was available...
Red Clover Silage Boasts Feeding Benefits
If dairy scientist Glen Broderick were a dairy producer, he might harvest red clover silage instead of alfalfa haylage."If the agronomic aspects of alfalfa...
