For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

SHOREVIEW, Minn . – Depending upon how much silage inventory carryover your farm has on hand, you may be looking at making the switch to new crop corn silage very soon, if you haven’t already. When ...

Maize silage is mainly used to feed all dairy cattle on the farm: growing animals, dry cows, and lactating cows. It contains protein, minerals, and sometimes the energy to meet the animal’s ...

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 ...

Cut winter forage at flag leaf stage rather than boot stage to maximize digestibility and increase milk production per pound.

Illustration of nitrous oxide (N2O) production from silage and its mitigation strategies. The graphic shows how silage fermentation contributes to N2O emissions and highlights the potential of ...

Over the spring, a lot of silages that were fed had a detrimental effect on animal performance if sufficient concentrates were not fed. It’s the beginning of April, and first-cut silage is just over a ...

Dairy farms clamping grass silage with digestibility of more than 70% should have the courage to challenge their production of milk from forage. Substituting 1kg of concentrates with 1kg of ...