A common kitchen appliance has a novel application that can help ranchers ensure the quality of their forage. Checking the ...

With new-season grass in the clamp, silage analysis is crucial to enable forward planning and to ensure livestock are rationed as effectively as possible with low-cost forage. Only by understanding ...

Silage sampling for a laboratory analysis is recommended to get a more detailed report on the nutritional value of silage. Samples should not be taken until at least five to six weeks after ensiling ...

Hay bales can be an effective and reliable feed source for livestock as the weather turns cold and dreary. When it comes to feeding or selling hay through the winter, one thing that should never be ...

Forage and feed quality testing is startlingly behind other agricultural quality measures in terms of technology utilization. While soil sampling is widely considered useful, many producers struggle ...

Silage analysis will be more important than ever this autumn to understand how drought conditions have affected forage variability. In many cases, farmers will be faced with high dry matter (DM) ...

Silage quality is key to good animal performance and reducing winter feed costs during the housing period. Grass silage is the basis of most winter feeding systems in this country, and satisfactory ...

I have been getting lots of questions about measuring the moisture content of a hay crop prior to baling. The moisture content needs to be below 18% before making a round bale. But estimating moisture ...

Differentiating between the role genetics, weather, and management factors play in high performing corn silage is important ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Montana State University Extension specialists have released two new MontGuide factsheets on forage analysis. A new four-page MontGuide, Forage Analysis Interpretation, describes why ...

The water-intake method of estimating forage intake by grazing cattle can permit a valuable extension of research on semiarid grasslands, but eventually we shall require a wider applicability and ...

JUNEAU | Dodge County Forage Council has conducted its first corn silage dry down. Corn that was planted in early May came in around 68 to 72 percent moisture. Corn that was planted mid to late May ...