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Drought-stressed corn silage: What you can expect

With the ongoing drought, it's important to keep in mind what challenges feeding drought-stressed corn silages may present.

November 10, 2022

Bruce Ziegler

The 2022 growing season has been quite variable in many parts of the country.

Evaluating grazing risk in a drought year

Water shortages can lead to nitrate and prussic acid issues that need to be considered during grazing.

November 7, 2022

Rebecca Kern-Lunbery

This year, with the severe drought taking hold in many areas, producers grazing sorghums, sudangrasses and millet varieties were cautious about nitrate and prussic acid toxicity.

On-farm analytics for troubleshooting forage challenges

January 31, 2022

John Winchell

Many of us are either just opening 2022 corn silage, while some have already begun feeding this season’s corn silage harvest.

The curveball of PFAS

January 31, 2022

Dustin Sawyer

Hold on to your hats, folks: There’s another thing we need to be worried about. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are one of the more recent environmental concerns to crop up in agriculture.

The challenges of finding feed

January 31, 2022

Ian Gallacher

I’ve had calls from two friends lately. “We’re out of hay, I don’t know what to do, can you help us?”

Keeping milk-quality forage coming throughout harvest season

September 29, 2021

Ian Gallacher

God’s given us 54 organic acres to work with on a grazing system and 110 cows to milk. Four years ago, we put up 55 bales of baleage. Last year, we stacked 400.

Setting, adjusting stocking rates to meet production goals

August 1, 2011

Glen Aiken

Management decisions that impact forage availability, such as forage species/cultivar to plant, fertilizer and weed control needs, along with herd genetics, are very important to the bottom line of any cattle farm.

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Drought-stressed corn silage: What you can expect

Evaluating grazing risk in a drought year

On-farm analytics for troubleshooting forage challenges

The curveball of PFAS

The challenges of finding feed

Keeping milk-quality forage coming throughout harvest season

Setting, adjusting stocking rates to meet production goals

Tales of a Hay Hauler: Sad pies and other monikers

Irons in the Fire: Flat tires and church ladies

Managing the unknowns for forage safety

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