Corn chopping was a difficult experience in 2019, with wet conditions lasting into winter. So custom chopper Jordan Reierson said 2020 has been much more pleasant, even with early frost speeding ...

Silage corn is still green because it’s a “longer-day” corn — 102-day maturity corn — while grain corn in this area might be about 80-day corn. The ideal moisture content for silage corn ...

Dry conditions are prompting local farmers to take actions usually slated closer to the fall. Farmers are trying to salvage what they can, and they are chopping their corn crops early to make ...

In many parts of the High Plains, farmers are looking for a way to make the most of the water they have available, whether it is through irrigation or Mother Nature.

Hay will most likely be in short supply this winter, as some folks are feeding it already. Calls are coming in concerning chopping corn and feeding it to cattle. A potential concern would be ...

DECORAH, Iowa --- Silage choppers have been chewing up and spitting out corn for about a month in Northeast Iowa with mixed results.

By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about 40 percent less energy is needed to gain access to more of the material stored in the plant. Dennis Buckmaster, an associate ...

Corn chopping was a difficult experience in 2019, with wet conditions lasting into winter. So custom chopper Jordan Reierson said 2020 has been much more pleasant, even with early frost speeding ...

FORDVILLE, N.D. -- There was no way to get trucks into the fields in south-central Walsh County after 2 feet of snow and another inch of rain in October. But a neighborhood group of about 11 ...

MEDINA, N.D. — Even though an early frost pushed along the silage corn crop in parts of North Dakota and South Dakota, Jordan Reierson says the 2020 corn chopping season has been a big ...

Oct 27, 2019; 0; 1 of 5 ... Keith Gemmill, who farms with his son and grandson, helped organize a corn silage-chopping bee among 11 producers in his neighborhood.