Selecting the right time to harvest corn silage is critical to producing high-quality forage for best livestock performance.
Forage quality doesn’t increase after harvest, so it’s critical to achieve optimal harvest and store it right to reduce loss. Let our experts tell you how.
Selecting the right time to harvest corn silage is critical to producing high-quality forage for best livestock performance.
Rain, wind, hail and unavoidable harvest delays can lead to lodged and flat hayfields. This is not usually a concern, but if it occurs, producers have to manage for and around it.
Alfalfa producers, consultants, and dealers are encouraged to follow the "predictive equations for alfalfa quality" (PEAQ) technique, which predicts optimum dates for first cuttings by monitoring plant development and quality.
Wrapping hay, whether it’s thoroughly dried or is being used for balage, is becoming a fairly common forage production practice.
Rain can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to hay production in the humid East.
We haven’t paid much attention to ash until recently when we have begun using the summative equation to estimate energy of forage.