While nutrient content and digestibility drive energy value to a large extent, particle size and the physical characteristics of your silage are increasingly important to account for in order to unlock forage feeding potential...

According to Matt Makens, 1998 is also when farmers started a decades-long wrestling match with high-frequency drought...

As my kids approach their teenage years, I’ve realized my ability to influence their habits from a fatherly perspective needs to evolve...

Sorghum has long resided in the shadow of corn grown for silage. Even though the former species is often touted for its drought tolerance and water-use efficiency, sorghum silage has rarely been a dai...

Despite the advantages brown midrib (BMR) corn silage brings to the feedbunk, many farmers have shifted their preference back to conventional hybrids in recent years. The changing market dynamics may...

Corn silage has the advantage over alfalfa when it comes to average yield per acre. Considering the former feedstuff only warrants one harvest a year, it may have a leg up on alfalfa in terms of manag...

With the elections now in the rearview mirror, we all readily recall the nation’s focus on domestic issues and policy...

Forage seed supplies for spring plantings look to be in generally good shape...

In the Field to Feedbunk column of the September 10, 2024, issue of Hoard’s Dairyman, Ev Thomas correctly pointed out that management is as important — if not more important — as forage variety in affecting forage quality...

The concept of preserving forages as baled silage has become more popular throughout many regions of North America, and particularly in areas where weather norms make baling dry hay difficult and frustrating...