A growing number of Iowa grain farmers are giving up hope on a harvestable corn crop in the face of the ongoing drought. Some insurance agencies report a few farmers have started the process of filing ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

In early September, dairy farmers begin harvesting corn silage to store as feed for their cows and young stock. Corn silage is made by chopping the entire corn plant into small pieces and allowing it ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers with drought-damaged cornfields could consider harvesting the crop for livestock feed to salvage some of its value and to help livestock producers supplement short ...

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 ...

FORDVILLE, N.D. — There was no way to get trucks into the fields in south-central Walsh County after two feet of snow and another inch of rain in October. But a neighborhood group of about 11 farmers ...

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 ...

Ideally, when chopping silage, the plant should be 32-38% dry matter. Moisture calculation is key, and given the genetics of today’s corn varieties, the relationship between milk line and plant ...

Farmers are looking to drought-stressed corn for silage and balage to stretch limited hay supplies. Chopped corn silage offers beef producers better options than balage, says University of Missouri ...