MITCHELL, S.D. — The warm, dry weather is putting some farmers ahead of schedule in 2020, with silage cutting underway for some producers in and around the Mitchell area. “We started (cutting silage) ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

FARGO - Just when you thought the dairy economic situation was getting some relief, at least with somewhat lower feed costs, thanks in part to some decent corn silage yields, Mother Nature stepped in.

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Soon South Dakota dairy and livestock producers will have data to help them select corn silage hybrids that will yield the nutritional benefits their herds need to produce quality ...

In the past, my nutrition colleagues suggested that the protein level of corn silage was too low to factor into balancing ...

FARGO - The time to make corn silage is approaching quickly. Late-season crops remain ahead of or near the average for maturity, with some corn chopping already under way, according to the North ...

Corn silage is a high-yielding, high-energy, low-protein forage commonly used to feed dairy heifers, lactating dairy cows and beef. The fermentation process that is created in silos and bunkers helps ...

It’s a big investment but it enables us to choose when we cut and saves on contractor costs. Plus, we just love machinery ‘Farming is tough work at the best of times and we should be careful not to ...

This photo was taken by the staff of the Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center showing nitrogen tetraoxide, a reddish brown gas, spreading across the ground after a bag of silage was opened. The gas is a ...

While driving on Charlie Norris Road this morning, I saw a big white thing in the field that looked like a huge worm about eight feet high and 100 feet or longer. I think it means Eddie Tribble is ...