Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

Delaying first-cut silage may reduce milk yields. Discover why cutting earlier could improve silage quality and boost overall dairy performance.

Corn that was drought-stressed this year will have higher toxic nitrate levels, so be very careful during the silage-making process. Corn silage with high nitrate levels poses a higher risk to ...

It’s that time of year again where farmers start to prepare to chop corn silage. Some of you may wonder how the corn silage stays so fresh throughout the year and others might wonder how ...

ALTHOUGH several investigators have studied the micro-organisms present in silage, the various types of organisms and the number of each found in different qualities of silage are rarely given.

Using products like Volac’s Ecosyl and Ecocool at harvest can help a fast and efficient fermentation, which reduces losses and produces a high feed-value silage which improves animal performance.

Particularly powerful machines are required to handle the biomass. A new DEVELON DL250-7 wheel loader recently passed its baptism of fire in this respect when it was successfully deployed for the ...

A. Polukis, M. L. Smith, A. C. B. Johnson, and M. A. Miller. 2021. The effects of air stress during storage and low packing density on the fermentation and aerobic stability of corn silage inoculated ...