In this article, we’ll look at strategies for putting up quality corn silage in order to reduce your reliance on bought-in feeds and improve your farm’s cash flow.

Dan was somewhere between 11 and 13 and was with us delivering hay at Rowland, Nevada. It seems like it was during the Christmas holiday break from school, but whenever it was, it was good and cold.

Those tell-tale nose prints in the total mixed ration (TMR) you put in front of your milking herd provide indisputable evidence the cows have been sorting their feed again.

Growing conditions have a significant impact on the nutritional value of corn silage, and though growers can’t change Mother Nature, they can be prepared and make adjustments during harvest that can have a positive outcome for their crop.

Improved management for high quality, advances in equipment and innovations related to bale silage and other storage options have made grass silage a more attractive option for dairy farmers.

Rhode Island Red was the C.B. “handle” of a young man of short stature whom I called the Bantam Rooster, actually the “Banty” Rooster.

The concept of whole-farm nutrient management can be easily described as the “active process of making decisions related to nutrients imported (feed and fertilizer) to a farm and those nutrients exported (milk, animals and manure) or lost via air or water.”

Mitchell Lee Nelson came into this world with challenges. At the moment of his birth, I could tell that he had serious physical problems.

For ten years now, Progressive Hay Grower has been a part of bringing our readers information about quality hay production throughout the U.S.

I think the year was 1974. I was hauling an occasional load of potatoes to supplement the dairy income.