What's a fair price for corn silage? That question is difficult to answer due to the number of factors involved that are dynamic and biologically variable. Some factors include production costs; grain ...

A bill in the U.S. Senate would be a step in the right direction toward transparency and competition in this market, writes ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the price of corn goes, so goes the price of corn silage. Knowing how the price of the former will affect the price of the latter can translate into extra dollars in the ...

Back and forth, pushing and packing. This is how Jason Feldhaus, a partner at Reisch Farms near Howard, is spending the last few days of August and into September - packing corn silage. "I always joke ...

LOW prices for cereals make it more economic for beef producers to opt for a moderate quality silage at a higher crop yield and rely on feeding higher levels of concentrate. MLC beef scientist Duncan ...

As corn grain prices sky-rocket, corn silage prices have shot up as well. To better estimate fair market value, Ryan Sterry, a Polk County, Wis., ag agent, and colleagues have developed an easy-to-use ...

Machines all over the country are on the move with the 2018 first cut silage campaign now in full swing. It's an exciting time of year and after a slow start, grass now looks to be in plentiful supply ...

FARMERS have been warned grass silage could be costing much more than they think. An analysis of farm costings has shown third and fourth cut silage can be twice as expensive to produce as first cut.

Although a necessity on a lot of farms, straw is becoming a product many farmers can’t afford, and increasing numbers of farmers are looking to swap silage for straw as some bales of silage make over ...