Decreasing availability of irrigation water has led dairies and feedyards to increasingly look to sorghum to meet their ...
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 ...
Silage is the material produced by controlled fermentation, under anaerobic conditions, of chopped crop residues or forages with high moisture contents. Desirable characteristics of material used in ...
Not all sorghums produce the same results when fed as silage to beef and dairy cows. By: Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Sorghum silage can provide an alternative to corn silage, ...
AMARILLO – Unique data for forage sorghums, including varying feed values and management needs of different hybrids, is coming out of a Texas A&M AgriLife trial being conducted near Bushland. “On the ...
Ongoing Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service sorghum silage trials have revealed forage type and variety are key considerations to optimizing both quantity and quality, according to two specialists.
The 2017 AgriLife Bushland Forage Sorghum Silage trial includes 78 forage sorghums, sorghum-sudangrasses and grain sorghum hybrids grown for livestock production. However, Bell said, it also provided ...
In recent years, growing grain sorghum for silage has become a popular on-farm strategy across northern Australia, with an estimated 8-10 per cent of farms in Queensland now growing and feeding it to ...
Silage is the material produced by controlled fermentation, under anaerobic conditions, of chopped crop residues or forages with high moisture contents. Desirable characteristics of material used in ...