How’s the corn in your area of New York? Mike Stanyard, field crops specialist with the Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Team, presented at the recent New York Corn & Soybean Growers Association ’s Summer Crop Tour. On Aug. 7 and 8, Stanyard and his 10 teams in a 10-county region in...

As corn silage season fast approaches, it is important for dairy farmers to consider how to maximize its nutritional value to their herds. Rather than using a combine to harvest dry kernels of corn, harvesting corn silage is quite different. When harvesting corn silage, a chopper is used in the fiel...