Farmers and ranchers who need to preserve feed for their livestock over the winter or during periods of drought often turn to bagging silage. Silage is grass or other green fodder that has been ...

Driving through the heart of dairy country in the High Plains this past summer, one thing became clear—sorghum silage acres are up. With irrigation water from the Ogallala Aquifer dwindling, dairies ...

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, ...

It is easy to focus on the amazing benefits EM offers as a soil and plant inoculant and forget that it has many other uses that can be beneficial around the farm, garden or household. Using EM to make ...

Tack sheep have a “Marmite” reputation among dairy farmers – some value their benefits as grass managers and a source of income, while others only see their ability to rob cows of early spring feed.

THE LG Maize Technical Manual published by Nickersons (UK) Ltd outlines the nutritional characteristics of maize silage, suggesting different ways it can be used within high input and low input dairy ...

National Agricultural Research Organisation’s (Naro) Kamenyamiggo Satellite Station has set up a piglet multiplication centre where farmers are also taught about cheaper but more efficient feeds for ...