Corn silage is an essential component of many dairy and beef cattle rations. The goal is to make a high-quality feedstuff, but to achieve this requires planning before harvest, monitoring plant ...

Now is the time for final preparations for the corn silage harvest. Years ago, experts recommended that corn silage be harvested at the black-layer stage of maturity. In recent years, research and ...

With the limited hay crops in some areas this summer, beef producers may want to consider harvesting corn silage to supplement the cow herd this winter. Corn silage can be a very cost effective ...

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 ...

Even with a tough start, this year was one of the good ones for corn silage. Dave Eckhardt, a farmer in LaSalle, said he was hopeful through the growing season. The wet spring had Eckhardt and other ...

KERSEY – The temperature was in the low to mid-80s and the two silage corn cutters moved through the field effortlessly, kicking the chopped corn into the semi-trailers that followed alongside. The ...

Farming is full of processes. A process for planting. Another for harvest. A custom harvester does what works for him and is best for his customers. Beau Froese of Froese Brothers Harvesting, Inman, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the price of corn goes, so goes the price of corn silage. Knowing how the price of the former will affect the price of the latter can translate into extra dollars in the ...

A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is ...

Mychal Wilmes shares his memories of a too-wet corn silage harvest in 1968, an early frost a few years later that reduced soybean yields, and a devastating blow when his father died one September.