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.

For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

AMES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An extensive new study conducted in collaboration with over 30 dairy producers during the 2022 and 2023 growing seasons demonstrated that replacing up to 40 pounds per ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program will hold its 2021 corn silage pre-harvest meetings from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 1 in Springville and 2 to 4 p.m ...

Corn silage is an important source of forage in the United States. It makes up a large portion of the value of the forage fed to dairy cows in the U.S., and it is an important feed in the beef ...

CALMAR, Iowa — What started as a discussion at last year’s Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation annual meeting grew into a corn silage yield trial last summer. Plans are under way to continue the plot.

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, ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...

A recent study conducted by Miner Institute’s Marcos Marcondes evaluated whether reconstituted finely ground corn could serve ...