Corn

How Do I Know When It's Time to Harvest My Corn for Silage

How Do I Know When It's Time to Harvest My Corn for Silage. Timing is Key when Harvesting Quality Corn Silage. Heres how to make Sure you're Hitting that Window of Opportunity. By Casey Guindon.Proper harvest timing is key when it comes to storing high quality corn silage. Optimum moisture content at...

Corn Silage Harvest; Making the Best of an Unusual Year

 Corn Silage Harvest; Making the Best of an Unusual Year. By Michael Cox. 2019 has certainly been a memorable year for corn growers and the outcome of this year’s crop remains unpredictable until the crop is harvested. Unrelenting rains and widespread flooding delayed corn plantings across most of...

Fall is a great time to test feedstuffs for nutritional value By Joseph W. Ward, Ph.D.

One of the best ways to provide nutritionally balanced rations for your livestock is to test your on-farm feedstuffs then balance the rations based upon your feed testing results.  Fall is a great time to do this testing.  Knowing the nutritional values of your corn, soybeans, hays and silages removes a lot...

TMR Corner Corn stover in beef TMR programs

 By Dr. Alan S. Vaage Ph.D. | Sponsored by Jaylor   The practice of feeding corn stover to beef cattle ranges from well-established to unknown across North America. Corn stover is the plant material or residue that remains after grain harvest. It consists of dropped ears and other lost grain, the husks...

TIMING IS MONEY

By Maura KellerAgricultural marketing. It’s the classic sticky wicket. If you do it right, you will thrive. If not, it can make you fail. You can try to control it or it can control you. And for many North American farmers — both small and large — ag marketing can be one of their biggest headaches....

U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc - The Voice of Harvesters

Thirty years ago, a custom harvester was inspired to create an organization to act as the voice for the men and women who travel the country harvesting grain crops for growers. The idea became a reality April 8, 1983 with the first organized gathering of more than 150 harvesters in Canyon, Texas. This meeting was the...

Corn for Biofuel Production

Corn (Zea Mays) is a popular feedstock for ethanol production in the United States due to its abundance and relative ease of conversion to ethyl alcohol (ethanol). Corn and other high-starch grains have been converted into ethanol for thousands of years, yet only in the past century has its use as fuel greatly...

Corn Fed vs Grass Fed

Promoters and producers of grass fed beef have made a lot of claims about its nutritional and environmental benefits.  One web-based marketer states, “100% grass-fed meats, from any kind of critter, are the most perfect food for man.  Grass-fed meats will supply 100% of your body's nutrient requirements in perfect...