The Marquette County sheriff is investigating a case of vandalism on a Westfield farm that could cost the farmers thousands of dollars. Jim Buchholz said he discovered a 200-foot corn silage bag ...

A few moisture percentage points one way or the other can have a big impact on silage value. "A rule of thumb is that silage is worth nine to 10 times the price of a bushel of corn," Hendrix said.

The bag is filled with the help of a grain wagon at a rate of 300 t/h. A silage bag with a length of 75 m stores about 250 t of maize silage, allowing for a possible harvest of 3 ha/h of grain and ...

Damaged corn can be harvested as either whole-plant silage or green chop, but, either way, growers and livestock producers need to be aware of how it can affect feed quality and animal health.

VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI -- A 35-year-old Middleville man died after he was buried in corn silage that broke from a large pile at a Hartford area farm. The accident happened about 6:30 a.m. Friday ...

Some crop insurance policies bar farmers from chopping the corn plants for resale as silage. Crop insurance typically pays a farmer up to 80% of production costs in case of a total crop loss.

Corn producers across Idaho kept their corn acreage even with pre-planting projections, but the weather is most likely to determine whether the crop is harvested as silage or grain. Corn acres in ...