“Feed costs are the largest single cost in livestock production, making up 55 to 70 per cent of the total. Every dollar spent has to count.”

Doug Alderman
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
PRIDE Seeds

When corn silage harvest commences, producers must remember to preserve silage quality.

Precision Agriculture is currently the new buzzword in crop production, and while only in its infancy, will offer tremendous advancement opportunities in production yields and cost efficiencies. The foundation of the 'precision' aspect is site-specific Management Zones. There is an ever–increasing availability of new Precision Ag

As technology has advanced to collect, sort and apply spatial data recorded by your planter, sprayer and harvesting equipment, we now have control over new variables in the field.

There is no question that Precision Agriculture is the hot topic in field crop production today. While still in the relative early stages of development, rarely has a new sector expanded so fast, and with so much collective energy devoted to it, as Precision Ag. The entire agronomy industry, from seed companies to crop input suppliers, along

As corn yields continue to increase, it is important to look at how we manage our cropping systems.  Some changes to an existing high yielding system could help to maintain current yields and increase yields to maximize your corn’s true genetic potential.  

In theory, a bag of corn has the potential to produce 470 bu/ac before it is opened (Tollenaar et al 2001). Once the bag is opened the yield reductions begin to occur based on environmental factors such as:  poor fertility, poor planter maintenance, pests , poor soil health, and the list goes on and on.

When it comes to 'in-field' cropping activities, nothing rivals the challenge of planting a crop that will have foundation for top-end yield potential.

This article will focus on bunker management during storage and feed-out

As the silage crop in Ontario moves away from pollination and towards the grain filling period, harvest management is something that should be taken into consideration, because harvest could only be about one month away.