ELLA, Iowa, September 13, 2011 â Two state-of-the-art bale-wrapping systems, designed to help producers turn silage bales into individually wrapped high-nutrition silage packages, were introduced ...

Every year, hay producers in southwest Missouri are faced with a dilemma that puts the practice of harvesting quality forage in jeopardy. “In this region, much of the grass hay and alfalfa needs to be ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

NEVADA, Mo. — Up to 25 percent of the leaves on alfalfa plants can be lost during hay baling, Ryan Lock, a University of Missouri research specialist, told farmers at an alfalfa meeting held Jan. 23 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - At first glance, some Indiana hay fields appear to be growing giant marshmallows. Although from a distance the white objects look like they belong in the world's largest s'more, ...

THIS winter’s feed requirements are already on the agenda as silage cutting begins in earnest. A reserve of extra silage will give security for the coming year whatever the weather is like. Plans ...

Andrew Crewdson is flat out baling hay and making silage at Sentry Farming’s Blagdon and Hartley Main Farms, Whitley Bay, Northumberland. But cereal harvest is still a little way off. “We sprayed off ...

A lot of time and energy is spent harvesting quality hay and silage. All of that can be wasted without proper storage. For hay and silage, up to 50% losses in dry matter can occur in some instances, ...

Hay market summaries for the week ending Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service.

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 ...

A Farming Connect trial has shown losses of dry matter at feeding are between 21% and 30%. The trial involved two groups of sheep at Cae Haidd Ucha, a 125ha Farming Connect demonstration farm in the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Many Hoosier producers who planted winter wheat may not be familiar with managing the crop as a forage, a Purdue University experts say. Growers used emergency provisions from ...