DECORAH, Iowa --- Silage choppers have been chewing up and spitting out corn for about a month in Northeast Iowa with mixed results. Government estimates show corn yields for grain will be drastically ...

In intensive cattle production systems, silage is the insurance farmers need for their feeding needs. According to livestock experts, away from grazing, feed storage for deferred use both as hay and ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...