If properly managed, there is very little waste when it comes to bagged feed. On the other hand, poorly managed bagging can result in as much as 25% of the feed being wasted. Storing cattle feed such ...

“Storage losses for silage generally run 15 to 20 percent of dry matter, so the value of your silage needs to be 15 to 20 percent higher than green chop from the field if you are to break even on a ...

Farmers will need to be especially mindful when cutting and storing silage this year due to drought damage. "We know drought-stressed plants can be less healthy," said Jennifer Bentley, a dairy ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...

Winter housing is now underway in most parts of the country and with this, pits of silage and cuts of bale-silage are being opened and fed out to cattle.