Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...

Harvesting and ensiling good alfalfa haylage can be challenging. The high protein and low carbohydrate content can lead to less than optimal fermentation if conditions aren’t right. Most dairies today ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Some producers are finding they have poor-quality corn silage this winter, according to a North Dakota State University dairy cattle expert. "Properly ensiled, corn silage should have a ...

FARGO - Some North Dakota producers may be faced with having to use their corn, sunflower, wheat, barley, oat or other crops for hay, grazing or silage because of this year's drought conditions. "One ...

FARGO - Corn for silage must be ensiled at the proper moisture to get fermentation for preservation. "But determining when to harvest corn at the right whole-plant moisture is difficult," says North ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Four experiments were performed to determine if lysozyme could inhibit clostridial fermentation during ensiling. In Experiments 1 and 2, ...

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 ...

Producers looking to make autumn grass silage need to pay particular attention to ensiling method, warns Dave Davies from the Silage Advisory Centre. Speaking at a feed science forum at this year’s ...

In an advance for agricultural waste management, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have devised a method to convert Caragana korshinskii Kom. waste, a common forestry byproduct in China, ...