Silage-packing management is important for quality, says Neil Broadwater, Extension educator in the Rochester regional office. For bunker silos, tractor weight, packing time, layer thickness, silage ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

The gigantic silage pile sitting in the feedyard every winter is an accomplishment. It starts with putting seed in the ground in the spring and continues through getting it chopped, piled up and ...

Every silage pile poses potential for serious, even fatal, incidents caused by tractor rollovers, equipment runovers, falls from the silage pile or bunker, crushing and engulfment by collapsing silage ...

New silage choppers and associated equipment have increased the speed with which silage can be chopped and silos can be filled. But silage producers still need to pack the silage well. Most silage ...

Corn silage performance comes down to a handful of decisions in the field and at the bunk that ultimately show up in how cows ...

A tractor scoops preserved silage and loads it onto a baling machine, and then packages into roll bale, at Chemusian dairy farm in Nakuru County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Many dairy farmers are ...

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) says it has secured a silage packing machine and accompanying new technology that will improve access to nutritious feed material for dairy cattle nationwide ...

Corn silage has always been a major feed component in dairy and beef rations. However, this year’s weather is making harvesting corn silage a challenge for many areas of the state. Northwest and ...