Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. He says soybean hay and silage ...

A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...

You're supposed to "make hay while the sun shines." But what happens when it doesn't shine? For Justin Weatherford, of Florence, S.D., the wet summer and early fall has meant putting up about ...

Experts discuss the merits of switching from small square bales to either wrapped round bales or bagged haylage and silage for a small dairy farm.

Last week was a good time in Iowa to make hay – and silage – according to a report today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Iowa farmers took advantage of the most days suitable for fieldwork in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Many Hoosier producers who planted winter wheat may not be familiar with managing the crop as a forage, a Purdue University experts say. Growers used emergency provisions from ...

You’re supposed to “make hay while the sun shines.” But what happens when it doesn’t shine? For Justin Weatherford, of Florence, S.D., the wet summer and early fall meant putting up about two-thirds ...