The average cost of a good quality plastic covering can range from $0.115 to $0.120 per square foot. On the other hand, preventing just 10 percent in additional DM losses can save producers ...

This growing season has been tough for many producers between early frosts, wind/hail damage, late replanting, heat and drought conditions. As a result, silage has become a very attractive option ...

When making corn silage, a moisture content between 60 percent and 70 percent is ideal, Hendrix said. That percentage can be in the upper range if silage is being stored in bunker silos or on the ...

It’s best to cover silage bunkers — however they are designed or constructed — with plastic within 24 hours of packing to limit losses.

For bunker silos, pack silage as tightly as possible in progressive wedges in depths of 6 inches or less, allowing about five minutes of packing time per ton of silage.

Discussions of safety around bunker silos and silage piles have typically included warnings about overturning tractors, running over bystanders, getting crushed by a loader bucket and other hazards.

A provincial agriculture official says it could cost $15,000 to quench the stench of a silage bunker that has prompted many complaints in a community in western Prince Edward Island.

The western P.E.I. village of O'Leary is ordering tests for about 10 private wells in the area out of concern malodorous silage from a local farm could be affecting the water.

ROANOKE — State environmental regulators have cited a Bland County farmer for a silage leak that killed about 51,000 fish.

State environmental regulators have cited a Bland County farmer for a silage leak that killed about 51,000 fish.