• The grass or other forage is cut and partly dried until it contains 30-40% moisture (much drier than bulk silage, but too damp to be stored as dry hay). (wikipedia.org)
  • It is an agricultural film used in farmland for protection and storage of forage, silage, hay and maize in areas where the growth period of herding grass is relatively short. (plastemart.com)
  • If high nitrate concentrations are a concern, submit a sample to a forage testing lab before the silage is fed to livestock. (farmprogress.com)
  • If you need more forage and/or fibre, wholecrop silage is a good option. (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • In contrast, forage that is too wet will lose soluble nutrients from excessive seepage and will produce an unpalatable silage high in butyric acid. (missouri.edu)
  • Remember that the stage of maturity of the grain at harvest affect forage yield and feeding value. (missouri.edu)
  • This could be a home run for silage quality if you can realize improved forage digestibility with no loss of starch content. (hayandforage.com)
  • Under application of nitrogen will limit the yield of forage and grain. (hayandforage.com)
  • Sometimes, a production cost savings may actually result in higher-cost forage due to lack of tonnage and/or grain yield. (hayandforage.com)
  • Nitrates accumulate in the forage portion of the plant, so nitrates are not a concern in grain harvested from stressed plants. (unl.edu)
  • Silage from the opened silos was exposed to aerobic conditions for 3 d and analyzed for pH, in vitro dry matter degradability (IVDMD) and dry matter recovery (DMR). (alpa.uy)
  • 2, second cutting grain sorghum (28.25 DM%) was harvested at 75 d of growth, chopped and packed into micro-silos, twelve of which were stored at RT and 12 at CT (as above) during the fermentation process (FP). (alpa.uy)
  • After 60 d of ensiling, three silos from each temperature were opened and silage exposed to aerobic conditions for 3 d at the same FP temperature. (alpa.uy)
  • silage silos for dry grain storage. (osu.edu)
  • When farm silos are filled with fresh organic material (eg, corn, other grains), anaerobic fermentation of the crops results in NO 2 production. (medscape.com)
  • In either case, farmers who enter silos, work with silage bags, or remain near open silo hatches during the first 10 days after filling may experience NO 2 toxicity in a phenomenon known as silo filler's disease. (medscape.com)
  • In situations where immature or drought-stressed corn is being harvested, there is potential for high nitrate concentrations in the silage. (farmprogress.com)
  • Increasing cutting height can help lower the concentrations in the silage, but it does not guarantee that the nitrate levels in the feed will be safe. (missouri.edu)
  • Consider a silage inoculant, however, balance the cost of the product with the loss expected in in the field. (wisc.edu)
  • In two experiments the effect of storage temperature on aerobic stability of silages of native tropical grasses (NTG) treated with a lactic acid-producing bacterial inoculant and of grain sorghum was evaluated. (alpa.uy)
  • Silage is usually made from grass crops, including maize, sorghum, or other cereals, using the entire green plant (not just the grain). (wikipedia.org)
  • These results demonstrate the detrimental effect of high storage temperature on the aerobic stability of NTG and grain sorghum silage. (alpa.uy)
  • We conducted a supplemental feeding experiment during the cold season using brewer grain (BG) silage, wheat bran, and urea and determined the effects on meat quantity and quality. (uky.edu)
  • Diverse small grains including rye, barley, and wheat for diverse crop rotations. (alseed.com)
  • The amount of grain involved in the incidents ranged from 600 to 60,000 bushels, and grain types included corn (six incidents), soybeans (two), and wheat (one). (cdc.gov)
  • Some Missouri cattle feeders are cutting wheat for silage then planting the field with corn silage or grain sorghum to produce a large tonnage of feed per acre. (missouri.edu)
  • When wheat is cut early for silage instead of grain, there is more time for growing the second crop. (missouri.edu)
  • Cattle feeders have produced 70 to 120 bushels of grain sorghum per acre after harvesting 7 to 9 tons of wheat silage per acre. (missouri.edu)
  • Harvest of wheat and other small grain silages comes at a time when corn silage supplies usually are depleted. (missouri.edu)
  • Also, wheat silage can be a hedge against drought because it matures before the dry summer months. (missouri.edu)
  • Wheat, barley and oat silages are often underrated as feed for growing and finishing beef cattle. (missouri.edu)
  • Six years of study at Kansas State University showed that the performance level of beef cattle on rations high in wheat silage were about 80 percent of the performance level of beef cattle on corn silage rations. (missouri.edu)
  • Compare that with the 1.5 to 2.3 pounds gained daily by those fed wheat silage rations. (missouri.edu)
  • Kansas State University studies indicated that wheat, barley and oat silages harvested in the mid-dough stage of maturity produced the greatest total digestible nutrients (TDN) and the best beef gain per acre when fed to cattle (Table 1). (missouri.edu)
  • Maturity effects on wheat silage. (missouri.edu)
  • Two trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of corn (CDDGS), wheat (WDDGS) or a 50:50 corn:wheat blend (BDDGS) dried distillers' grains with solubles (DDGS) on performance (Trials 1 and 2), carcass traits (Trial 2) and serum sulphate level (Trial 2) of steers. (bioone.org)
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  • Is Your Corn Crop Worth More as Silage or Grain? (unl.edu)
  • Heavy silage harvest equipment can further damage soils by causing compaction which could influence next year's crop. (wisc.edu)
  • LODGED CORN: Harvesting against the direction in which the crop is leaning helps gather the corn into the silage chopper. (farmprogress.com)
  • It may be difficult to harvest good-quality corn silage if the crop has weather damage and the economic value of the silage will likely be lower than silage from non-damaged fields. (farmprogress.com)
  • Three options for the best feed value from your cereal crop: silage, crimp or combine? (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • Treat your cereal crop as if it were going to be combined, and wait until first and second-cut grass silage has been analysed before deciding when to harvest it. (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • Allowing your crop to mature and dry fully means you still have dry grain and dry straw to either use or sell. (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • Extension educators discuss considerations for spring annual forages in Nebraska and optimum timing of cereal grain crop harvest for silage. (unl.edu)
  • If you have a window that extends for a few weeks, selecting hybrids with different harvest maturities and using multiple planting dates will help match harvest timing to the maturity of the silage crop. (hayandforage.com)
  • The effects on cow and calf performance of replacing grass silage with brewers grains in diets based on barley straw and fed to pregnant beef cows are reported. (sruc.ac.uk)
  • In conclusion, replacement of grass silage with brewers grains improved the performance of beef cows and increased calf birth and weaning BW. (sruc.ac.uk)
  • We examined the effects of substituting rapeseed meal with blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) on production and metabolism of cows fed grass silage-based diets. (orgprints.org)
  • The control diet was 34.3% barley grain, 26.0% grass hay, 10.3% barley straw, 22.8% barley silage and 6.7% supplement [dry matter (DM) basis]. (bioone.org)
  • In an alternative method, the cut vegetation is formed into bales using a baler, making balage (North America) or silage bales (UK, Australia, New Zealand). (wikipedia.org)
  • In this case, the bales are placed tightly end to end on the ground, making a long continuous "sausage" of silage, often at the side of a field. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the UK, baled silage is most often made in round bales about 1.2 m × 1.2 m (4 ft × 4 ft), individually wrapped with four to six layers of "bale wrap plastic" (black, white or green 25-micrometre stretch film). (wikipedia.org)
  • Caused by exposure to decayed grain, silage and hay bales. (osu.edu)
  • Before harvesting corn for silage, be sure you have a market for the silage or a sufficient number of livestock to feed it to," says Brian Dougherty, Iowa State University Extension ag engineering specialist. (farmprogress.com)
  • Caused by grain dust or dust in livestock confinement buildings. (osu.edu)
  • Caused by grain dust, dust associated with livestock, or chemical or vapor exposure. (osu.edu)
  • Corn grain from storm-damaged fields can - and mostly likely should - be tested for mycotoxins before feeding to livestock. (unl.edu)
  • We are looking for the highest yield (and the best tonnage/quality for silage), but we are also screening hybrids for emergence, ear flex, drydown, stalk and root strength, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and population tolerance. (alseed.com)
  • GS) or barley straw (783) and brewers grains (206, BG) and offered as total mixed rations. (sruc.ac.uk)
  • Will nitrate levels in corn silage drop during the ensiling process? (missouri.edu)
  • Yes, typically nitrate levels drop 25-50 percent during the ensiling process if the silage ferments well. (missouri.edu)
  • Do nitrate levels in bagged corn silage get lower like nitrate levels of silage in a pit? (missouri.edu)
  • Kernel processing allows for grain that might be more mature extending the harvest window and allowing the soil to dry more avoiding compaction. (wisc.edu)
  • When selecting hybrids, consider your silage harvest window. (hayandforage.com)
  • Dairy diets today typically contain 25% to 35% corn silage on a dry matter basis, and some may exceed these levels. (hayandforage.com)
  • With greater inclusion rates, the quality of the corn silage becomes important to the performance of the dairy herd. (hayandforage.com)
  • The purpose of this program is to provide unbiased performance comparisons of hybrid seed corn for both grain and silage available in Wisconsin. (wisc.edu)
  • Suffocation in flowing grain is the most common cause of death associated with grain storage structures in the United States (1,2): during 1985-1989, suffocation accounted for 49 grain- and silage-handling-associated fatalities (3). (cdc.gov)
  • 2014. South Carolina Small Grain Official Variety Trial Results. (clemson.edu)
  • The higher the grain content of the small grain silage, the higher the feeding value. (missouri.edu)
  • A lower grain content is the reason studies show oat silage to be inferior to other small grain silages for beef cattle feed. (missouri.edu)
  • Silage can be made from many field crops, and special terms may be used depending on type: oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa (haylage may also refer to high dry matter silage made from hay). (wikipedia.org)
  • Production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. (nationmaster.com)
  • Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food or silage, and those used for grazing, are excluded. (nationmaster.com)
  • Silo filler's disease (which mostly affects farmers) results from inhaling fumes that contain nitrogen dioxide given off by moist silage, such as fresh corn or grains. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This illness is called organic dust toxic syndrome (ODTS) and is syn- onymous with grain fever, silo unloaders' disease, inhalation fever, and toxic pneu- monitis. (cdc.gov)
  • The fourth annual Silage for Beef Cattle Conference is free for producers to attend in-person at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center in Ithaca, Nebraska, or virtually. (unl.edu)
  • Lower risk was associated with organic tally to Tg-mice ( 9 ) and sheep ( 10 ), but histopathologic farms (OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.02-1.26), feeding corn silage (OR features of atypical scrapie have suggested similarities with 0.16, 95% CI 0.05-0.53), and feeding vitamin and mineral human spontaneous TSE (Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker supplements (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.32-1.14). (cdc.gov)
  • Environ Health Perspect 104(Suppl 1):41-53 (1996) Key words: agricultural dusts, cotton dusts, mechanisms, etiologic agents, byssinosis, organic dust toxic syndrome, endotoxin, exposure system, animal model Introduction In 1713, Ramazzini (1) observed that illness resulted from exposure to grain dust. (cdc.gov)
  • Since then adverse health effects have been described following exposure to numerous organic dusts such as hay (2), grain (3,4), wood (5), and compost (6). (cdc.gov)
  • This is a tricky question due to the correlation between plant population and silage yield. (hayandforage.com)
  • The results show that dry matter (DM) intake and milk production increase when cereal grain is substituted with blue lupin (BL) but decrease when rapeseed meal (RSM) is replaced with BL. (orgprints.org)
  • However, the ratio of grain to fodder in the silage does not change as much as is often anticipated. (missouri.edu)
  • Grain and silage yields were below the 10-year average at most sites. (wisc.edu)
  • Lodged plants and/or broken stalks were counted, plot grain weights and moisture contents were measured and yields were calculated and adjusted to 15.5% moisture. (wisc.edu)
  • With many fields suffering wind damage and corn yields also crippled by drought, more farmers than usual will be making silage rather than harvesting corn for grain this fall. (farmprogress.com)
  • When cereals were harvested in the mid-dough stage, yields were 6 to 9 tons per acre with protein about 2 percentage points higher than corn silage in dry matter. (missouri.edu)
  • You may encounter a lack of silage-specific data for your area and need to expand the search to data from grain studies while working with your seed suppliers to identify closely related silage hybrids. (hayandforage.com)
  • Nebraska Extension Beef Feedlot Specialist Galen Erickson talks about how silage might make more financial sense to farmers. (unl.edu)
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis was originally described in 1713 as an occupational lung disease in grain workers and later, in 1932, in farmers inhaling moldy hay contam- inated with thermophilic actinomyces, hence the term farmer's lung.1 With this recog- nition, modernization of farming methods has resulted in the reduction in farmer's lung prevalence estimated at 0.5% to 3% of exposed farmers in studies spanning from 1980 to 2003. (cdc.gov)
  • Flooded corn grain is "adulterated" grain. (wisc.edu)
  • Molds in corn grain of concern could be either Aspergillus or Fusarium. (unl.edu)
  • The resources section at the end of this article has links to information to help with pricing forages in the field and determining the economic value of corn silage. (farmprogress.com)
  • In 2012, grain and silage performance trials were planted at 14 locations in four production zones: the southern, south central, north central, and northern zones. (wisc.edu)
  • Due to a dry and relatively warm September and October, good grain drying occurred, with harvest grain moisture lower than normal in all trials. (wisc.edu)
  • You will need to make adjustments to your regular combining process, only taking ¾ the width of the header, opening the sieves as wide as possible, only filling the grain tank ½ to ¾ and not leaving any grain in the combine overnight. (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • Option 3: Combining grain? (lallemandanimalnutrition.com)
  • Combining and hauling grains. (agrilife.org)
  • ISU specialist offers tips for harvest and storage of weather-damaged corn for silage. (farmprogress.com)
  • The increased amount of silage harvested will exceed the current silage storage capacity on many farms. (farmprogress.com)
  • The keys to good silage storability are harvesting at correct moisture, achieving good packing density, properly installing and maintaining silage covers, and selecting a good location for storage. (farmprogress.com)
  • With unplanned silage harvest, flexible storage alternatives are needed, Dougherty says. (farmprogress.com)
  • During 1992-1995, nine persons in Minnesota died in separate incidents from asphyxiation after becoming engulfed in flowing grain within a grain storage structure ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This report describes the investigation of three of these incidents by FACE, summarizes surveillance for grain bin suffocations during 1992-1995, and provides recommendations to prevent suffocations associated with grain storage bins. (cdc.gov)
  • Grain was being unloaded or removed from the involved storage bins in eight incidents and was being added to the bin in one case. (cdc.gov)
  • Backgrounding diets were identical to Trial 1, with a third treatment where 17% of the barley grain was replaced with BDDGS. (bioone.org)
  • Silage And Grain Covers Goldcoin Tarpaulin protects goods from air and water intrusion and reduces loss of moisture and retains freshness Maximizes freshness Preserves nutrition. (plastemart.com)
  • During 1992-1995, nine persons in Minnesota suffocated in grain bins. (cdc.gov)
  • On July 11, 1995, a 13-year-old boy became submerged in 2500 bushels of corn in a grain bin as the grain was being loaded into a truck by a portable auger. (cdc.gov)
  • Haylage sometimes refers to high dry matter silage of around 40% to 60%, typically made from hay. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 86 percent of the dry matter in the rations came from the silages. (missouri.edu)
  • Harvesting at the correct moisture (62% to 64%) and grain maturity is critical to obtaining high-quality corn silage. (hayandforage.com)
  • Six of the incidents occurred on family-owned farms, and three occurred at commercial grain elevators. (cdc.gov)
  • Silage should be placed in 6-inch layers and thoroughly packed with heavy machinery equipped with a front-end loader or push blade. (farmprogress.com)
  • This booklet was intended to point out the hazards associated with the use of grain handling machinery and suggest practical ways to prevent injury from occurring. (cdc.gov)
  • Your UNL Extension Educator can be a great help in identifying mold growing on ears of your storm-damaged corn before the grain is harvested. (unl.edu)
  • Because drought-damaged corn usually has less grain, its feeding value is lower than corn produced in a normal season. (missouri.edu)
  • Rescue personnel cut holes in the lower portion of the bin to allow the grain to spill out. (cdc.gov)
  • Typically, the feeding value is about 85 percent of that of normal corn silage feeding value. (missouri.edu)
  • The key to making quality silage in piles is achieving good packing density. (farmprogress.com)
  • Good silage management is critical to reducing the risk of continued mold growth after ensiling. (unl.edu)