Making Sure Your Kernel Processor Is Doing Its Job by Kevin J. Shinners and Brian J. Holmes Introduction For cows to digest the starch in corn efficiently, the corn kernels in chopped and processed whole-plant corn must be broken into small particles. Three decades ago it was thought that effective starch utilization occurred if […]
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Rain Damage to Forage During Hay and Silage Making by Mike Rankin and Daniel Undersander Introduction Rain that occurs between the time forage is cut and harvested causes both yield and quality losses that reduce the value of the crop as an animal feed and a marketable commodity. Weather-induced losses can be caused by: Increased and […]
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Effect of Wheel Traffic on Alfalfa Yield by Dan Undersander How does wheel traffic cause forage loss? Wheel traffic causes yield reduction in part to both deep soil compaction and surface soil compaction. Another portion of the yield loss is due to cracking or breaking of crowns, which will reduce the shoots produced and […]
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Update on Corn Shredlage for Dairy Cows by Lauryn Vanderwerff1, Luiz Ferraretto1, Gustavo Salvati1 and Randy Shaver1,2 1Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2University of Wisconsin-Extension Introduction There continues to be a lot of interest in corn silage harvested with a self-propelled forage harvester (SPFH) equipped with an aftermarket processor having cross-grooved processing rolls […]
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A new “Focus on Forage” fact sheet titled Update on Corn Shredlage for Dairy Cows has been posted to the Focus on Forage, Feeding & Testing, and Corn Silage pages.
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A new PowerPoint PDF titled Update on Corn Shredlage has been posted on the Feeding & Testing and Corn Silage pages.
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