Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

Forage and feed planning for the winter may not be at the forefront of your mind during the busy summer months, but a little time spent planning now could save lot of hassle and lost revenue later in ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...

A recent Miner Institute Farm Report article dug into best practices around creating samples, and how to get results that are rooted in the reality of what your cows are eating.

For pasture-based livestock enterprises, stockpiling forage provides an option to reduce stored feed costs. Forage is stockpiled by simply letting forage grow and deferring grazing until after the ...

A North Yorkshire dairy farmer has gone back to self-feed silage and reckons it is saving the business £350/week in fuel and labour costs compared with the previous system. The 380-cow organic ...

Switching the winter housing ration from conserved grass to maize silage was an unplanned change at Wern Ddu near Newtown in Montgomeryshire. Ten years on, and its financial and health benefits make ...

Pits and bales are being opened around the country as winter is starting to bite. Rain this week hastened housing, as ground conditions have become difficult. Even if you have plenty of grass still to ...

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 ...

The correct nutritional support will help your horse perform at his best, yet an unbalanced diet could lead to a below-par performance and even a clinical problem. The foundation of any horse’s diet ...

State air-quality managers have been puzzling over why some rural areas suffer high ozone pollution. It’s been a real conundrum in California’s San Joaquin Valley, home to three of the nation’s six ...