Every year, dairy producers are challenged with harvesting high-quality?silage within a critical timeframe working around the weather, getting it to a storage structure, and packing it adequately for ...
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 ...
Improving dairy efficiency means many things to many producers. As we near the corn silage harvest, processing has become a more common practice that can affect efficiency. Research at the U.S.
Feed accounts for the biggest proportion of variable costs on a dairy farm. But that cost is often unnecessarily high because farmers fail to match silage quality to the needs of different stock ...
This has been a great year for corn growth so long as you are on well-drained soil. The showers and rain we have gotten all summer have allowed our corn crop to grow to heights not seen in years in ...
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.
Having a constant flow of quality and sufficient feeds is the desire of every dairy keeper but it is not an easy feat, especially in this season of a global pandemic. But one farmer, Timothy Itiri, ...
MADISON, Wis. -- The World Dairy Expo announced Tuesday the lineup for its 2024 Dairy Forage Seminars, centered around cutting-edge research and information regarding forage quality, harvest, and ...