FARGO - The favorable corn-growing weather in August and September has offset some of the corn crop's delayed development resulting from the combination of tough spring planting conditions and a cool ...

Corn silage is an essential component of many dairy and beef cattle rations. The goal is to make a high-quality feedstuff, but to achieve this requires planning before harvest, monitoring plant ...

Corn silage is a high-yielding, high-energy, low-protein forage commonly used to feed dairy heifers, lactating dairy cows and beef. The fermentation process that is created in silos and bunkers helps ...

With corn silage harvesting well under way, Karla Hernandez, South Dakota State University Extension forages field specialist, shares some tips to help get the best out of this crop. For starters, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

KERSEY – The temperature was in the low to mid-80s and the two silage corn cutters moved through the field effortlessly, kicking the chopped corn into the semi-trailers that followed alongside. The ...

FARGO - Frost brought the 2011 corn growing season to an end this week for many North Dakota producers. "Corn in many areas had not reached physiological maturity, which could lead to storage problems ...

Mycotoxins in corn grain have been studied and measured for years, but the presence of mycotoxins in silage corn largely has been ignored. Yet the impact of mycotoxins on cattle will be from the total ...

Corn silage is outperforming alfalfa in dairy rations in a number of comparisons, Dr Mike Hutjens, Extension dairy specialist with the University of Illinois Extension, said Thursday at World Dairy ...

Ten percent of Iowa's corn has been harvested for grain or seed, and some soybean farmers have begun to harvest fields planted early in the growing season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...

A young entrepreneur from the city has launched corn silage, a beneficial fodder solution for cows, under the banner Odisha Silage with an aim to boost the dairy industry in the state. Bhubaneswar: A ...