Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. He says soybean hay and silage ...
A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...
MANDAN, N.D. — Bill Klesalek faced drought in 2020, but hopes the feed he saved from the wet 2019 will get him through this winter. Two years ago he was up to 500 cows, but has cut 350 cow-calf pairs, ...
Silage and hay are dual multipurpose forage feed which is processed and fed to ruminant animals as supplementary feed in case of lack of green pasture shortage especially during dry season. It is the ...
After depleting hay and silage stocks during the drought, farmers across NSW are reaping the benefits of an exceptional season. 12 million tonnes of hay and silage is expected to be made on the back ...
Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...
Northern Victorian contractor and farmer John Eade manages 800ha of irrigation and 1000ha of dryland production, operates two rotary dairies milking 800 cows and runs 260 crossbred ewes. He also owns ...
It is also worth considering that straying from good silage-making practice can result in more than just low-grade fodder for your livestock. It can result in contaminating the soil, producing ...
Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - At first glance, some Indiana hay fields appear to be growing giant marshmallows. Although from a distance the white objects look like they belong in the world's largest s'more, ...
I was rather premature last month with the silage report. We didn’t get first cut done as planned, because our contractor chose to go to a large dairy farm instead of us. Unfortunately, he could not ...