MITCHELL, S.D. — The warm, dry weather is putting some farmers ahead of schedule in 2020, with silage cutting underway for some producers in and around the Mitchell area. “We started (cutting silage) ...

Southern dairy regions are recovering strongly from last season’s harsh conditions, with farmers reporting record silage ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

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Anyone thinking of making silage in the next two weeks is advised to go ahead. Despite forecasts of wet weather, lower-yielding, leafier crops of grass should wilt rapidly and a delaying cutting will ...

Three-cut silage systems can take first cut a week earlier next year and still get the same yield, plus better quality. Scheduling all three cuts in the clamp before the longest day will also give ...

SILAGE is simply pickled grass and having an adequate quality of this feed is essential for all livestock farmers. Grass that's cut as silage is preserved in its own juices (acids) which normally ...

A common fermented feed for livestock churns out a potent greenhouse gas, but scientists in Kansas say they’ve figured out an affordable way to one day tackle the problem. A team of scientists at ...

These are generally operated by contractors called in to produce quality silage that passes stringent new feed tests that look for consistent and optimum moisture content. “It’s not just baling up a ...

Quite a bit of silage has been cut over the last week or so. Quality from these cuts will be fantastic once they are ensiled well. Having tested some crops for nitrate levels over the last week, if ...