Corn silage has always been a major feed component in dairy and beef rations. However, this year’s weather is making harvesting corn silage a challenge for many areas of the state. Northwest and ...

Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

Summer is on its way, and many farmers have been utilising the warmer, drier weather to harvest silage. If you’ve just completed harvesting silage, Ballance Agri-Nutrients Technical Consultant Aaron ...

How dairy producers can use technology in the field to unlock forage quality. The CLAAS JAGUAR line of forage harvesters give dairy producers a leg up during harvest time. With a wide variety of ...

Each spring, there’s usually a very long list of things producers need to complete on a timely basis. A couple years ago, I asked several very successful farmers what made the difference between doing ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

Controlling traffic in farm fields requires striking the balance between equipment weight and tire pressure to minimize soil compaction and the resulting yield losses. In the hay meadow, though, ...

CLAAS Harvest Centre understands the importance of great silage, which is why they're the trusted choice for professionals who demand nothing but the best. CLAAS' comprehensive range of equipment is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Poor spring weather could throw another curve at farmers already behind in the count on crop planting. Alongside the fields ready for corn and soybean seed could be hay crops ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the old saying goes, "rain makes grain," but since some farmers haven't seen much moisture this summer, it has them wondering what to do with the soybean crop. "In southern ...

Many area livestock producers have low forage supplies as a result of slow spring pasture growth, delayed planting, limited production of cover crops and/or reduced cool-season plant development.