Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By limiting oxygen exposure and spoilage, bagged silage can improve intake, digestion, milk production and reproductive ...

That consistency matters because properly fermented silage — marked by strong lactic acid production and a low pH — helps ...

Alfalfa silage is one of the main roughages in the production of dairy cow. It can provide nutrition with high-quality to improve milk quality and production. Sucrose additions have been widely used ...

Corn silage is an essential component of many dairy and beef cattle rations. The goal is to make a high-quality feedstuff, but to achieve this requires planning before harvest, monitoring plant ...

Forage preservation can be an attractive alternate to cover farmer feed problems to ensure regular supply of fodder even in periods of acute shortage to get optimum production from dairy animals. The ...

Getting good-quality silage -- and keeping it ST. PAUL -- Every year, dairy producers are challenged with harvesting high-quality silage within a critical timeframe working around the weather, getting ...

Cost of achieving animal performance is far less when young top quality grass silage is fed, says independent ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy Contractor Mark Troy, Knockroe, Bandon & Neilus Lehane, ...

When the feed will be present in the diet for up to seven months of the year, a few days’ work is a small price to pay for better quality silage, writes Alltech InTouch Nutrition Specialist Bernard ...

Has your silage preserved well this year? Is it dry or wet? What is quality like or do you know? Knowing the answer to these type of questions will have performance and cost implications for your ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University Extension specialist is warning livestock owners that forage they harvested earlier this year likely has lower-than-usual nutritional quality. Without proper ...