Every livestock producer understands the stakes: forage quality determines herd health, milk production and profitability. Yet many operations still lose 20–30% of nutritional value between field and ...

Vaishali Malde, the marketing director at Packaging Industries Limited explain the science behind silage storage and rules that must never be broken. 1. Climate change is the greatest threat to food ...

Good-quality grass silage is the foundation of the winter ration for livestock, and throughout the year for housed systems. A key metric for achieving the best intakes and performance from that fodder ...

FARGO - Even before ethanol production, corn was the king of dairy feeds, especially as the forage of corn silage. Advances in corn hybrid genetics have presented many improvements in the production ...

Cutting better-quality silage earlier will always result in improved animal performance, with less dependence on purchased concentrates, which will undoubtedly be critical next winter, writes ruminant ...