Corn silage harvest moisture is critical to maintaining feed quality and achieving good fermentation, with the goal of whole ...

When feeding corn silage infected with southern rust, caution is essential to protect livestock health and performance. The ...

Ensiling involves many different components to ensure a successful harvest and high quality, safe feedstuff. Often, producers ...

However, achieving good quality silage requires careful attention to dry down rates, moisture targets, and weather-related ...

With the limited hay crops in some areas this summer, beef producers may want to consider harvesting corn silage to supplement the cow herd this winter. Corn silage can be a very cost effective ...

Van Peursem said that generally, silos hold “corn silage that has to be chopped up into pieces less than three-quarters of an inch long.” ...

Corn silage with high nitrate levels poses a higher risk to form silage gases which are poisonous. Silo gases contribute to respiratory problems in farmers and to the “farmer’s lung” syndrome.

When making corn silage, a moisture content between 60 percent and 70 percent is ideal, Hendrix said. That percentage can be in the upper range if silage is being stored in bunker silos or on the ...

When silage is too dry, it creates excessive air in silos and encourages mold.. When it’s too wet, it leaches nutrients and sours, says Dr. Greg Roth, a corn management specialist with ...

Silage is created when corn, legumes and other "green fodder," such as alfalfa, clover and soybeans, are finely chopped and blown into the silo.

Iowa livestock farmers who’ve seen their pastures dry up and their hay supply dwindle may be able to find another source to feed their animals. Corn stalks can be chopped up and turned into ...

Van Peursem said that generally, silos hold “corn silage that has to be chopped up into pieces less than three-quarters of an inch long.” ...