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 ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

As the dairy industry evolves, so do the tools needed to keep up with it. From shifting herd sizes to tighter labor windows ...

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 ...

John Deere is rolling out two new forage harvesters for North American dairy producers and custom harvesting operations. The brand new F8 and F9 Series feature three factory-installed operator cab ...

The tedder and rake market has seen a number of big launches over the last 12 months, especially as manufacturers try to match the high output of the foragers and balers that now follow them. Claas ...

Silage making time is a high risk time, due to the movement of machinery, persons and grass loads. However safety risks can be minimised by good planning and active consultation between farmers and ...

As a country blessed with the soils and climate needed to produce high yields of quality forage, there is strong demand for machinery to maintain and harvest copious quantities of grass in spring and ...

Texas Wheat Producers board to administer small grain silage assessment to help grow the state’s forage demand.

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