The dog days of August are here, and that means silage chopping season is rapidly approaching. How silage is cut and stored depends somewhat on the growing season, says Aaron Saeugling, Iowa State ...

Former athlete Japheth Mutai prepares silage used for feeding animals at his Kipkenyo Kazi mingi farm in Kapseret Constituency Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Silage is an important part ...

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar series continues with a look at corn silage from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 3. The program “What Does This Season’s Corn Silage ...

On September 5, 2025, in Ulysses, Kansas, USA, @scottwestacre shared a video marking the start of corn silage season. In the video, a forage harvester is seen cutting and chopping dryland corn plants, ...

The main lambing is coming to an end. Overall it was quite a good year. The weather made life a lot easier. Getting lambs out to grass and being dry for a few days really helped to get them ...

Just as we turned a corner with weather in early March, we were faced with another challenge — the Iranian crisis led to agricultural diesel price surges of up to 48%, writes Alltech Ireland's Farm ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...

To most livestock farmers 2022 is a year to remember. This is because the drought caught many unaware before they could stock up on enough quality feed for their animals to push them through. Many ...