By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, but not all sorghum silages are equal, according to two Texas A&M AgriLife ...
Two crops are better than one – Following a spring rye forage harvest, dual cropping with corn, soybeans or alfalfa ... cuttings can be taken for hay or silage. As dry matter increases, protein ...
Illustration of nitrous oxide (N2O) production from silage and its mitigation strategies. The graphic shows how silage fermentation contributes to N2O emissions and highlights the potential of ...
KANGAROO Valley, NSW, dairy farmer Geoff Good was a self-admitted sceptic about growing corn for silage but after trying the fodder crop for the first time this year is now a convert.
He continues: “Maize silage is harvested together with stem, cob and the leaves, which are chopped into small pieces-sizes of about 1-2cm. The corn have a lot of starch in them which makes ...
Changes in silage production could help cut greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. Agriculture is the largest source of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions in the United States. N 2 O is the third ...
"Typically corn was grown on P.E.I. as silage for the dairy industry," said Neil Campbell, manager of the P.E.I. Grain Elevator Corporation. "We've got better varieties, maybe a warmer fall ...
most of which use some type of mixture of corn, rye, and wheat. High Wire’s flagship bourbon skips rye and wheat altogether, utilizing only 100% Jimmy Red corn. Marshall and Blackwell started ...