For dairy farmers, “good feed promotes good production” is a guiding principle that has a direct cause-and-effect impact on milk tank volume. As a result, providing the highest quality feed is crucial ...

Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

The dog days of August are here, and that means silage chopping season is rapidly approaching. How silage is cut and stored depends somewhat on the growing season, says Aaron Saeugling, Iowa State ...

Silage bags as a method to store haylage can be a good alternative on the dairy farm, says Neil Broadwater, regional Extension educator based in Rochester. However, filling rate, dry matter density ...

Vaishali Malde, the marketing director at Packaging Industries Limited explain the science behind silage storage and rules that must never be broken. 1. Climate change is the greatest threat to food ...

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, ...

Five hundred new dumpsters slated to collect agricultural plastics such as silage bags on farms, at no cost, will be dispersed by Revolution Plastics to pre-selected Minnesota farmers. The new ...

The Sauk County Land Resources & Environment Department will hold a free agricultural plastics recycling drop-off event from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at the Sauk County Highway Shop, 620 Linn St., ...