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Timing is everything: How to optimize wrapping time for high-quality bale silage

The timing involved in silage bale wrapping impacts its feed value and livestock productivity. For many producers, the benefit of silage, or baleage, lies in the ability to harvest quality forage in a limited time period.

May 16, 2025

Jessica Williamson

Making strategic decisions around moisture content, weather conditions and equipment performance not only helps protect forage value and animal performance but also supports better outcomes across the entire operation.

Silage pile top layer: Silage or compost?

Mismanagement of the silage pile can lead to significant damage to the top layer, which can lead to losses in quality, quantity, time and money.

March 13, 2025

Keith A. Bryan

We’ve all seen it. Top-layer spoilage – a rind of discolored, decomposing feed often laden with yeasts, molds and mycotoxins on the top of your silage bunker or pile.

Preserve homegrown nutrients for milk production

July 19, 2024

Charlie Kunisch

A herd’s potential for milk production is greatly influenced by the quality of forages we put in storage and how well we preserve them.

Building a strong foundation for your feed program begins with high-quality silage

Good management starts in the field before the crop is even harvested.

July 15, 2024

Kasey Hower

The foundation of most diets fed to dairy and beef cattle includes forages, but making them into high-quality silage that can be fed year-round is a challenge.

[Podcast] Making the most of silage season: silage protection solutions with Silostop Agri

June 22, 2023

Hear from Chris Wacek-Driver, independent consultant for Forage Innovations, LLC, about the importance of using an oxygen barrier film to reduce silage losses and maintain high-quality silage. This episode also covers common mistakes related to silage chopping, packing and covering—as well as strategies producers can implement to avoid these pitfalls.

Hot cows hate hot feed: How to prevent contamination and boost ROI

It is critical to understand the risks associated with unstable heating feed and take appropriate steps to minimize issues to maximize cow health and profitability.

May 25, 2023

Rising temperatures in summer months are challenging for highly productive cows, and this is exacerbated if feed is unstable, heating and spoiling during feeding.

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Silage and sustainability

Reducing plastic for a better product and a healthier planet.

May 11, 2023

Meghan Gebhardt

Typical silage loss can run up to 20%. Using a product that is environmentally friendly and that prevents oxygen ingress cuts that loss in half.

Off the Record: The other ag news, April 2023

April 5, 2023

Lynn Jaynes

Sometimes an ag news item comes across my notification feed and lingers in the back of my head. This is not intended to be an ag news brief summary. It’s the “other” ag news – the ridiculous, the wow-that’s-cool, the impossible, the you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me news.

Advances in silage over the past 30 years

Bunk covers, packing density, silage inoculants, kernel processing, face management and improvements from seed breeding are all silage advancements that have made an impact over the past 30 years.

March 14, 2023

Erica Louder

Farmers in the U.S. began producing silage as cattle feed in the late 19th century during the early days of mechanized agriculture.