SILAGE

Take Advantage Of Online Corn Silage Calculator

Tue, 07 May 2013 02:37:00 +0000

Silage and dairy producers can use it together, specialist says

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.

A Custom Cutting Life On The Road

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:04:00 +0000

Florrie Kohn

Kansas family chops for Southern clients

The Zeller family travels with up to 25 vehicles as it custom chops in several states.

Custom Harvesters Tell How Shredlage Works For Them

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:20:00 +0000

New silage corn processing method is examined

Shredlage is less sortable and more digestible – with more physically effective fiber – than that harvested with a standard crop processor, say Shredlage LLC representatives.

Spider Mites Hurt Silage-Corn Yield – And Quality

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:21:00 +0000

Miticides applied by ground can effectively control the pest

Yields can plummet by 6-10 tons/acre when spider mites infest silage corn

Shredlage Excels As Dairy Feed

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:59:00 +0000

Producer increases milk, cuts hay costs after switching to shredded corn silage

More milk and no dry hay fed. Those are the advantages Steve Ziegler is seeing after switching his herd from standard corn silage to Shredlage.

California, Wyoming Growers Dominate World Ag Expo Forage Challenge

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:49:00 +0000

More than 90 entered the Western contest

California silage-corn producers and Wyoming hay growers dominated the World Ag Expo Forage Challenge, announced Feb. 12 at the Tulare, CA, farm show.

Alfalfa-Forage Group Returning To D.C.

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:27:00 +0000

NAFA members remind Congress of alfalfa's importance

More than 40 representatives of the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance (NAFA) will be heading back to the nation’s capital Feb. 12-14 for the group’s third-annual Washington, D.C., Fly-In.

Double-Crop Soybeans Can Become Valuable Forage

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:25:00 +0000

Immature soybeans could be another forage option for Indiana livestock producers struggling to feed their herds,says Keith Johnson, Purdue University Extension forage specialist.

Many of the state’s double-crop soybeans will struggle to reach maturity before the first killing freeze, he says. An early wheat harvest and dry spring weather allowed growers to plant them farther north than what is typical, but drought delayed germination.

Growth Regulator Jump-Starts Silage Corn

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:24:00 +0000

It enhances early plant growth

“It’s taller, the leaves are wider and the stalks are bigger around.” Jerry Fraim, Caneyville, KY, is describing silage corn that had been treated with a plant growth regulator early in the growing season.

Get Out Of Pickup, Check Cob Fill, Agronomist Suggests

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:20:00 +0000

Drive-bys aren’t the way to assess cornfields this year, at least not in south-central Wisconsin and specifically not in a 24-acre field that’s part of the USDA-ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center’s farm near Prairie du Sac.