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 ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watch the silage chopping process on the farm, from cutting to collecting, showcasing the machinery and techniques used to ...

However, with many flooded and saturated fields, some producers are growing concerned that there will be little opportunity to harvest silage before corn dries down past desired moisture levels or ...

Farming is full of processes. A process for planting. Another for harvest. A custom harvester does what works for him and is best for his customers. Beau Froese of Froese Brothers Harvesting, Inman, ...

MEDINA, N.D. — Even though an early frost pushed along the silage corn crop in parts of North Dakota and South Dakota, Jordan Reierson says the 2020 corn chopping season has been a big improvement on ...

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 ...

DECORAH, Iowa --- Silage choppers have been chewing up and spitting out corn for about a month in Northeast Iowa with mixed results. Government estimates show corn yields for grain will be drastically ...