Whether you’re a custom chopper or harvesting forage for yourself, there are several adjustments you can make to your self-propelled forage harvester to meet the quality forage needs set by your customers’ (or your own) nutritionist. 

Without question, you’ve heard “Corn is king and alfalfa is queen” spoken among agronomists, nutritionists and dairy farmers.

In 2013, a group of colleagues and I started demonstrating with cover crops, with help from a Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant to fund the work.