Given that nutrient intake, especially dry matter (DM), is crucial for ruminant growth and development (Weiss, 2015), these by-products are commonly used in total mixed rations (TMR) or silage ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa — The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team will present its next free webinar from noon to 1 p.m. April 23, featuring Adam Krull and Luiz Ferraretto discussing ...

The main criteria for site selection were farms that utilize corn silage and representative farms of regional variability (farm size and technology application ... 1.1 kg of silage was sampled ...

In general, crops absorb relatively small amounts of S. For forage crops like alfalfa and corn silage, crop uptake equals removal. Alfalfa will remove approximately 5.4 lb. S per acre for each ton of ...

With so many different hybrids of corn for silage on the market, it can be difficult to identify the correct planting rate. Dual-purpose, brown midrib (BMR), and leafy silage hybrids all have ...

Also be sure to harvest corn silage at correct moistures. “If harvesting forage that is juicier than ideal, as the feed ferments, the excess leachates containing acid from the silage will eat away at ...

Today’s U.S. dairy industry is built on hard work, determination, a love for cows, and corn silage. In my early years as a dairy nutritionist in central Texas in the 1990s, things were different. My ...

Depending on the size of the weeds, you will need to use a weeder, a hoe or a sprayer. Regular cultivators cause fewer weeds than other methods. A harvester with a header for corn and sunflowers - in ...

Each sample was fermented in triplicate. On the first day of the experiment, the fermenters were filled with 3 L of filtered (3 mm) inoculum obtained from agricultural biogas plant-processing maize ...

Corn silage, the milk-making staple of most dairy operations, can vary considerably in yield, feed value, and quality from year to year. The 2021 crop year was no exception. Drought throughout most of ...