MITCHELL, S.D. — The warm, dry weather is putting some farmers ahead of schedule in 2020, with silage cutting underway for some producers in and around the Mitchell area. “We started (cutting silage) ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Soon South Dakota dairy and livestock producers will have data to help them select corn silage hybrids that will yield the nutritional benefits their herds need to produce quality ...

Corn silage is a high-yielding, high-energy, low-protein forage commonly used to feed dairy heifers, lactating dairy cows and beef. The fermentation process that is created in silos and bunkers helps ...

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 ...

A common fermented feed for livestock churns out a potent greenhouse gas, but scientists in Kansas say they’ve figured out an affordable way to one day tackle the problem. A team of scientists at ...

While driving on Charlie Norris Road this morning, I saw a big white thing in the field that looked like a huge worm about eight feet high and 100 feet or longer. I think it means Eddie Tribble is ...

FORDVILLE, N.D. — There was no way to get trucks into the fields in south-central Walsh County after two feet of snow and another inch of rain in October. But a neighborhood group of about 11 farmers ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's corn silage harvest has started in some areas and farmers are preparing equipment for row crop harvest. The National Agricultural Statistics Service says in ...

Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...

This photo was taken by the staff of the Southern Indiana Purdue Ag Center showing nitrogen tetraoxide, a reddish brown gas, spreading across the ground after a bag of silage was opened. The gas is a ...

Grass will obviously need a bit of a longer wilt at this time of year, particularly if it is being baled, as grass dry matters are currently between 13% and 15%, advises independent ruminant ...