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 ...
It's still early to harvest the corn and the soybeans, but farmers in the northern reaches of the Miami Valley are going from corn field to corn field chopping the corn into silage to feed the cows.
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 ...
Dry conditions are prompting local farmers to take actions usually slated closer to the fall. Farmers are trying to salvage what they can, and they are chopping their corn crops early to make silage ...
In many parts of the High Plains, farmers are looking for a way to make the most of the water they have available, whether it is through irrigation or Mother Nature. Jourdan Bell, assistant professor ...