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A Simple Method for the Analysis of Particle Sizes of Forage & Total Mixed Rations |
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Author: Lammers, Buckmaster, Heinrichs |
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State: PA Year: 1996 |
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Excerpt: A comparison of results using the standard device & the newly developed separator indicated no difference in ability to predict fractions of particles with maximum length of less than 8 & 19 mm.
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A Trouble-shooter for Eight Common Silage Problems; Their Causes & Solutions |
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Author: Bolsen, Bolsen |
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State: KS Year: 2005 |
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Excerpt: 1) Excessive Effluent (i.e., seepage or run-off), 2) Large Variations in the Ensiled Forage’s DM Content & Nutritional Quality, 3) Missing the Optimum Time to Make Corn, Sorghum, or Dough Stage Cereal Silages, 4) High Concentrations of Butyric Acid & …
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Baleage: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly |
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Author: McCormick |
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State: LA Year: 2001 |
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Excerpt: Storing forage as baleage will increase costs $15 to $25 per ton (dry weight) over conventional outdoor stored hay. To recuperatethese higher costs, a producer must lower field losses, reduce storage losses or feed costs, or improve animal performance.
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Bunker Silos: Field Observations Of Innovations & Problems Or… Managing Bunker Silos In The Real World |
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Author: Akey, Inc. |
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State: US Year: 1999 |
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Excerpt: Bottom line: it pays to have walls on bunker silos. Recommendations for filling rates, a progressive wedge, & packing bunker silos are attempts to limit the exposure of fresh-cut forage to air. Source: Ruppel (Pioneer).
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Considerations When Purchasing Hay for a Dairy Milking Herd |
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Author: Amaral-Phillips, Collins, Henning |
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State: KY Year: 2002 |
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Excerpt: Intake potential is increased for alfalfa hay over grass hay at the same stage of maturity. Also, alfalfa contains more energy than grass hay. Alfalfa is beneficial because it is an excellent source of both dietary energy & protein, …
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Corn Silage Digestibility |
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Author: Akey, Inc. |
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State: US Year: 1999 |
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Excerpt: Some producers are stockpiling (either in smaller bunker or bag) a 2 to 3 month supply of corn silage that will be fed
out the following fall when the new crop is being ensiled. This way they may be able to avoid the “neocorn silage-milk-drop syndrome.
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Covering Your Bunker Silo: It’s a No Brainer |
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Author: Porter |
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State: US Year: 2000 |
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Excerpt: Did you realize that not covering your bunker silo is equivalent to: 1) $30 to $40 per cow per year extra feed loss, depending on the value of forage, or 2) $10,000+ per 300 cows per year, or 3) paying $20 - $25 /ton too much for … Land O'Lakes, Inc.
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Cutting height affects corn silage |
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Author: Garcia |
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State: SD Year: 2004 |
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Excerpt: One option to decrease nitrate content is to increase cutting height of corn harvested for silage, as most of the nitrate is concentrated in the stalk. Although reducing total forage yield, results in higher quality silage & increasing milk production.
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Dairy Cattle Feeding Tips for Drought Stressed Corn |
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Author: Shaver, Hoffman |
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State: WI Year: 2003 |
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Excerpt: Extension responds to drought with one-page summary of what to do: Test for moisture, Test for starch, Adjust for low test weight corn, Processing & preserving, Test for NDFD, Test for mycotoxins & nitrates, Alternative forages
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Dairy Cattle Forage Quality & Feed Management |
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Author: none specified |
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State: PA Year: 2004 |
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Excerpt: Listing of several articles related to dairy cattle forage quality & feed management
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