While nutrient content and digestibility drive energy value to a large extent, particle size and the physical characteristics of your silage are increasingly important to account for in order to unlock

Dairy farms rely heavily on corn silage as a key feed ingredient in cow rations

There are many different ways to assess dairy and feedlot performance and profitability

Barley, oats, rye, triticale, and wheat are cool-season annual grasses that have a starchy endosperm within their caryopses, or grains

Environmental conditions prior to and during the growing season impact the resulting crop yield and quality

Silages are the most important form of forage in many dairy areas, and most large dairy farms use piles as their primary silage preservation method

Feed and forage analysis interpretation in most cases begins and ends with a focus on protein and carbohydrate measures. The prior two articles in this series centered upon improving your ability to u

In the August/September “Feed Analysis” column, we delved into forage protein and its associated complex feed analysis measures. The nitrogen and amino acids in forage are valuable, with protein

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