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Bill Fuller wasn’t satisfied with the 7-9% protein content of his corn silage and wanted to make it a more complete feed for his beef cattle. “I wanted something to blend with corn as a protein supplement”...More

Sweet corn cannery waste doesn’t have the quality or consistency of corn silage. But at a third to half the price, it’s an effective way for some dairies to shave their feed bills...More

If your corn crop gets too dry for best silage-making, chop it finer than usual and pack it well, suggests Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...More

A bunker or pile covering that's sealed correctly will minimize spoilage losses, says Richard Muck, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center ag engineer....More

Last year’s cold, wet and belated corn silage harvest may come back to haunt some dairy producers...More

When David Dickey was invited to Madison, WI, to be honored on Sept. 30 as overall winner in the 2009 World's Forage Analysis Superbowl, his nutritionist...More

A hard frost and continuing cold temperatures have J.W. Schroeder worried that silage corn won’t be able to ferment adequately in North Dakota. What’s needed, says the North Dakota State University extension dairy specialist, is warm weather...More

Cows fed brown midrib (BMR) sorghum silage in a University of Nebraska study had slightly higher dry matter intakes than cows fed conventional sorghum,...More

While wind, hail, floods and drought have destroyed the potential for corn harvest in some fields this season, forage production may offer a viable option in salvaging the value of what's left, says University of Nebraska extension forage specialist Bruce Anderson. Grazing may be the simplest option for utilizing the downed corn, he says. “If you have more ruined corn than cattle to consume it, build...More

For Jay Jensen and his family, feeding cattle every day through an Idaho winter has become a distant memory instead of a chore. This is the third winter...More

Corn silage values will be at record highs this fall, and the Upper Midwestern corn crop is maturing unevenly. Those two facts make it more important...More