Back and forth, pushing and packing. This is how Jason Feldhaus, a partner at Reisch Farms near Howard, is spending the last few days of August and into September - packing corn silage. "I always joke ...

Dry conditions are prompting local farmers to take actions usually slated closer to the fall. Farmers are trying to salvage what they can, and they are chopping their corn crops early to make silage ...

As seed companies phase out brown midrib corn silage hybrids, producers are reevaluating how to maintain forage quality and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

My Extension colleagues who work extensively with cattle producers have had numerous reports of drier than normal corn silage this year. Nutrient analysis of corn silage, dry matter, nitrate levels, ...

Some drought-stricken corn may have more value as cattle feed than grain this year. Droughty corn offers options when feed supplies are tight, but producers should think the process through, says ...