It is hard to believe that it is near that time of year when corn will start to be harvested for silage. We have been ...

Nevertheless, factors such as degree of packing, type of silo, and presence of additives can influence how wet a silage may be stored. Figure 1. The moisture concentration of whole plant corn relative ...

Glacier FarmMedia - A dairy farmer is separating the coarser fibres in his corn silage to create different feeds for the ...

and high-moisture corn has lower levels of sugars compared to traditional corn silage to promote rapid fermentation,” advised Rusche. He said inoculants containing Lactobacillus buchneri strains ...

The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, also known as NASS, has released its ...

Corn diseases can affect both grain and forage quality requiring a multi-prong approach to managing feed quality. DON, also ...

Corn for silage production is 6.15 million tons, down 30% from 2023. Yield of 15.0 tons per acre is down 2.0 tons from last year. Farmers harvested 410,000 acres, down 21% from 2023. Total acreage ...

A. Polukis, M. L. Smith, A. C. B. Johnson, and M. A. Miller. 2021. The effects of air stress during storage and low packing density on the fermentation and aerobic stability of corn silage inoculated ...