Farmers are increasingly turning to high-moisture corn silage, specifically earlage or snaplage, due to its high energy content and easy digestibility.
Wisconsin was the dairy portion of the tour. The 20 Italian farmers will spend the rest of their 12-day visit looking at crop farms in the I-states before culminating the trip on the East Coast.
The grass situation has improved well here in the last week with growth rate holding at 50kg DM/ha. I went up to 5kg of nuts for two weeks, but then the cows started to clean out the sections as well ...
From Cruso and the West Fork to Jonathan Creek and lower Crabtree, Hurricane Helene’s fury has claimed not only harvests but land. She has swept away row crops, cattle, feed ...