With less feed in bunkers, bags and silos, it becomes easier to evaluate storage structures and address maintenance needs ...

It’s been a busy time on livestock farms, with calving and lambing finishing up on many holdings. As farms move from winter ...

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 ...

Just as we turned a corner with weather in early March, we were faced with another challenge — the Iranian crisis led to ...

Sorghum is one plant sometimes used for silage. Scientists at Kansas State University say this fermented livestock feed produces nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, but that they have uncovered a ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

James Mugerwa, a mixed farmer in Mukono explains that protecting animal feed quality is an important aspect of grain feed stocks. Mugerwa says that to minimise spoilage, smallholder farmers can bag ...

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 ...

Silage making can be a stressful and time-consuming period in the farming calendar, which is why it is important to have the ...

It comes as the majority of Irish dairy farmers have been forced to return their cattle to sheds in recent weeks due to the ...

Wet fields across Scotland are disrupting slurry timing and first-cut silage, raising risks to forage quality and milk yield this spring for farmers.