With so many different hybrids of corn for silage on the market, it can be difficult to identify the correct planting rate.

Nevertheless, factors such as degree of packing, type of silo, and presence of additives can influence how wet a silage may be stored. Figure 1. The moisture concentration of whole plant corn relative ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team will present its next free webinar from noon ...

Perhaps it is because starch and fiber take up all the oxygen in the room. From different points of time for fiber digestion ...

The recent announcement from Corteva saying they would phase out BMR silage corn varieties has dairy producers wondering what ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres ...

Over the spring, a lot of silages that were fed had a detrimental effect on animal performance if sufficient concentrates were not fed. It’s the beginning of April, and first-cut silage is just ...

State hay market summaries for the week ending March 29, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News ...

The vice president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association says several issues are impacting producer profitability. Mark ...

A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

Sorghum’s uptake in dairy rations has continually grown, but the crop's limiting factors have laid hurdles for those who ...