DairyNZ senior farm systems specialist Ron Pellow. Dairy farmers’ pickled pasture – silage – depends on good inputs, DairyNZ says. The industry-good body said that, to produce high-quality grass ...

In a previous Hoard’s Dairyman Intel article, contributor Steve Martin noted that we shouldn’t ignore protein levels in corn silage when feeding dairy cows. Admittedly, I have somewhat ignored this ...

Monitor corn crop and chop for silage when it reaches the proper moisture level. Although corn silage may have small ears and/or lack of full kernel development, feeding programs can be built around ...

Corn silage – it’s the gold standard and steadfast staple of lactating dairy rations. But corn is also a highly resource-dependent crop, requiring fertile soil, ample rainfall, and crop-protection ...

This South Dakota State University Extension Silage/Earlage Calculator is designed to help corn and livestock producers answer questions regarding the value of standing fields of corn either as grain, ...

Pricing silage crops can be much more challenging than pricing grains, since they are not sold as routinely and, therefore, do not have a readily known market price. The following is a brief ...