It’s that time of year again where farmers start to prepare to chop corn silage. Some of you may wonder how the corn silage stays so fresh throughout the year and others might wonder how nutritious ...

In early September, dairy farmers begin harvesting corn silage to store as feed for their cows and young stock. Corn silage is made by chopping the entire corn plant into small pieces and allowing it ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers with drought-damaged cornfields could consider harvesting the crop for livestock feed to salvage some of its value and to help livestock producers supplement short ...

With the warm and wet conditions this season, southern rust is on the rise in Midwest corn crops. It may be time to start considering the impact that could have on corn silage and preparing to adjust ...

FARGO - This year, late-seeded corn destined for grain may have been damaged by frost, but it still can be used. "The weather continues to complicate the farming and ranching scene," North Dakota ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...