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 ...

Back and forth, pushing and packing. This is how Jason Feldhaus, a partner at Reisch Farms near Howard, is spending the last few days of August and into September - packing corn silage. "I always joke ...

Weather trends toward drought have Texas cattle producers considering their options as cool-season forage planting gets ...

Dry conditions are prompting local farmers to take actions usually slated closer to the fall. Farmers are trying to salvage what they can, and they are chopping their corn crops early to make silage ...

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.

Some drought-stricken corn may have more value as cattle feed than grain this year. Droughty corn offers options when feed supplies are tight, but producers should think the process through, says ...

High-quality corn silage often is an economical substitute for much of the grain in finishing and in dairy rations, especially when grain prices are high. The key here is the phrase "high-quality," ...

FARGO - Frost brought the 2011 corn growing season to an end this week for many North Dakota producers. "Corn in many areas had not reached physiological maturity, which could lead to storage problems ...

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 ...

KERSEY – The temperature was in the low to mid-80s and the two silage corn cutters moved through the field effortlessly, kicking the chopped corn into the semi-trailers that followed alongside. The ...