A growing number of Iowa grain farmers are giving up hope on a harvestable corn crop in the face of the ongoing drought. Some insurance agencies report a few farmers have started the process of filing ...

Corn silage in western Nebraska is being harvested. The silage is the result of chopping the whole corn plant and packing it in a way that will ferment. The corn is still green, but it has stopped ...

It’s that time of year again where farmers start to prepare to chop corn silage. Some of you may wonder how the corn silage stays so fresh throughout the year and others might wonder how nutritious ...

The hay mow was filled to the rafters with hay and straw bales, but the ear corn supply was gone as September approached. Oats and barley were decent substitutes until the new-crop corn moved from the ...

A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Farmers ready to give up on their arid corn crops and cut them for animal feed might want the inside scoop on the stalks first. The plants could be too wet internally to make ...

While driving on Charlie Norris Road this morning, I saw a big white thing in the field that looked like a huge worm about eight feet high and 100 feet or longer. I think it means Eddie Tribble is ...

FORDVILLE, N.D. — There was no way to get trucks into the fields in south-central Walsh County after two feet of snow and another inch of rain in October. But a neighborhood group of about 11 farmers ...

MEDINA, N.D. — Even though an early frost pushed along the silage corn crop in parts of North Dakota and South Dakota, Jordan Reierson says the 2020 corn chopping season has been a big improvement on ...

While much of the focus heading into July has been about wheat production those who depend on silage are also watching crop conditions. Silage is big business in the High Plains, particularly in ...