Choppers and box trucks aside, there are many moving parts to a successful corn silage harvest. Monitoring plant moisture to hit target dry matter and starch levels is key to maximizing feeding value...

The call to action to prevent hay barn fires is usually made during first cutting, but the risk of hay fires exists throughout the production season. This is especially true as it may be harder for ha...

Although the first day of fall is fast approaching, many regions of the United States are still experiencing the aftermath from an exceptionally dry start to the summer. Even as milder temperatures br...

The forage research and plant breeding facility in West Salem, Wis., will be part of the purchase agreement between Corteva and DLF.As of September 1, DLF officially acquired the Corteva Agriscience a...

With corn silage harvest underway — or almost underway — on many farms, crop fields will soon be ready to with seed winter forage. Wheat and rye are common cereal grains planted after corn f...

More than 70 cattle were recently reported dead after grazing johnsongrass in southwest Missouri. While prussic acid was deemed the most likely cause of death, diagnosticians did consider nitrate toxi...

Interseeding alfalfa into corn for silage has been shown to improve first-year alfalfa yields, reduce soil erosion, and enhance a forage system’s overall profitability compared to seeding alfalfa in...

The critical fall period for alfalfa has been said to start roughly six weeks before the first killing frost, which is roughly around the first week of September for most of the Midwest. This hard sto...

Sometimes grazing cattle need help reaching their nutrient needs with supplemental feed. And when dry weather puts a damper on forage growth, supplementation must become a bigger priority...

Making hay in the Upper Midwest can be a game of chance. Receiving rain at any point during the drying period can negatively affect forage quality, and this excess moisture can raise the risk of...