Shaver suggests the farm producers to use the Penn State Forage Particle Separator to check particle length and how well the corn is crushed. According to Hutjens, only one-third of chop silage is processed at the right particle length with the kernels....
Be prepared to supply additional water as the temperature grows. While the plants are typically hardy in mild frosts, most will perish at temperatures lower than 5°F (-15°C).Keep track of the temperature in your field and growing region using EOSDA Crop Monitoring. Reliable data from ...
Yeast counts for 2015 corn silage are up substantially across the U.S., except in California. Mold appearance is also up in this year's corn silage, except in Indiana and California. Some types of molds produce toxins, but at this point mycotoxins do not appear to be an issue. The 2015...
Li Deming introduced that in the coming period, the leading position of cotton in the planting industry of our region is hard to be replaced. Combined with the national cotton target price reform pilot work, cotton planting in our region will further concentrate on High-yield fields. The cotton...
Piglets vary in price due to location, time of year (they are more expensive in Spring when kids in 4-H are trying to find them), and by breed. At the original time of the writing of this post (2015) piglets were being sold for about $125/each but they could be found as low ...
How to use corn silage hybrid trial resultsJust looking at the top performing hybrids from a single year, while interesting, has limited value.Lawrence, JoeOverton, ThomasLawton, AllisonSmith, Margaret
There was a linear decrease in the urea nitrogen excretion in urine (298 to 221.4 mg/kg BW) and the urea nitrogen concentration in milk (16.8-13.04 mg/dL). We recommend a diet composed of 366.0 g/kg DM of cactus Opuntia 290.0 g/kg DM of corn silage and 344.0 g/kg DM of ...
This study aimed to investigate the effect of replacing corn silage with cactus Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. cladodes (cactus Opuntia) (0, 18.5, 37.0, and 55.5%, on a DM basis) in the diets for lactating dairy cows. Twelve Holstein cows (20?±?2.7?kg/day milk, 530?±?35?kg of ...
Nowadays dietary habits in many countries are disconnected from the locally available resources and land. Current diets harm ecosystems and people’s health. (Re-)regionalising food systems and aligning diets with planetary boundaries can be one way to reconnect people to the food that they eat. ...
and the industrialisation of agriculture and trade liberalisation, all of which played their part in producing and advertising cheap food, such as corn, rice and wheat, but also in achieving the mass-production of animal products to fuel cheap labour and strengthen the hegemonic role of the Unite...