Silage fermentation is the conversion of plant sugars to acids by lactic acid bacteria (LAB). This process drops the pH, stabilizing and preserving the forage, in effect, “pickling” the forage. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and Fermentation, What Happens? The LAB population needs to be 100 trillion/ton of crop before pH will start to decline in […]
In the months ahead a lot of time and money will be poured into harvesting the crops you’ve spent the entire growing season caring for. Decisions made last winter on seed, fertilizer, rotations etc. can be either lost or won during harvest and storage. To ensure all that effort and investment produces a nutrient rich […]
First cut alfalfa: yield or quality? You have little time to decide. Determining when to make the first alfalfa cut of the year is different and somewhat unpredictable each year. In part, this is because weather conditions during this period of the growing season vary so greatly. But the decision on when to cut is […]
