Most everyone in the livestock business agrees that using plastic for baled forage is a great tool that benefits both the farmer and livestock. However, proper disposal of the plastic after it has ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - At first glance, some Indiana hay fields appear to be growing giant marshmallows. Although from a distance the white objects look like they belong in the world's largest s'more, ...

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Conserving multispecies swards as hay instead of silage has cut losses from spoilage and saved wrapping and disposal costs for Sam Pearman’s outwintered suckler cows on a bale-grazing system. See also ...

We should not complain about spring rains, but when it begins to interfere with hay making, the gloves are thrown off and it is go time. This seems to be the case every spring in the Bluegrass State.

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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 ...

Ongoing Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service sorghum silage trials have revealed forage type and variety are key considerations to optimizing both quantity and quality, according to two specialists.