Ideal corn silage is made when the whole corn plant is between 30 to 38 percent dry matter (62 to 70 percent water). At that moisture level, corn silage ferments well and preserves the most nutrients ...

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 ...

Farmers looking to make the most of the best conditions for silage harvesting should consider their options for tackling jobs such as rowing up wilted crops Options such as Krone's centre delivery ...

Called Shredlage, it’s a roller system designed to rip forage longitudinally to improve fibre length during kernel processing. Traditional kernel processing has a tendency to chop corn silage to short ...

Corn may be king when it comes to silage, but don’t sleep on corn earlage, says Sean “Monty” Montgomery, beef cattle nutritionist at Corn Belt Livestock Services Nutrition and Management, from ...

With the warm and wet conditions this season, southern rust is on the rise in Midwest corn crops. It may be time to start considering the impact that could have on corn silage and preparing to adjust ...

NEWARK, Del, July 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The corn silage market share is anticipated to surpass USD 348.5 million in 2024 and USD 688.4 million by 2034. The corn silage market size is projected ...

Drought has limited pasture availability and forced many producers into feeding total mixed rations to cows. Including silage in a total mixed ration can reduce ration cost, improve the energy content ...