Silage is fermented, high-moisture stored fodder which can be fed to cattle, sheep and other cud-chewing animals. What does a farmer require? To prepare your crop for silage, it must be chopped into ...

Late-planted soybeans that don’t mature before the fall frost can be salvaged as hay or silage, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist. He says soybean hay and silage ...

Fodder used to make silage should have a moisture content of 60 to 70 percent or dry matter in the range of 30 to 35 percent. Silage and hay are preserved feeds that come in handy for dairy cows ...

A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...

You're supposed to "make hay while the sun shines." But what happens when it doesn't shine? For Justin Weatherford, of Florence, S.D., the wet summer and early fall has meant putting up about ...

The introduction of the new hay tools continues to demonstrate Kubota’s commitment to the agricultural market and positions the company as a full-line hay product supplier. “Our entrance into the hay ...

The Harvest Money Expo that began on Friday, February 14 and ended on Sunday, February 16, at Namboole Stadium is the crown jewel of the agricultural industry in Uganda. The three-day expo was ...

THE weather is the warp in the loom of a farmer's life. It is his livelihood, his pleasure, his friend, his enemy, and in consequence, his continuous study. The weather can literally be the difference ...

The perfect weather of April gave way to rain and dreadful gales in the second half of May, and now south-west Scotland is suffering showers, and some very heavy ones at that. It seems to me that each ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Many Hoosier producers who planted winter wheat may not be familiar with managing the crop as a forage, a Purdue University experts say. Growers used emergency provisions from ...