By Jeff Burbrink Extension Educator, Purdue Extension Elkhart County September was always one of my favorite times as a kid. It was exciting because I loved helping make silage. The hustle and bustle of the tractors and wagons and chopper, the smell of fresh chopped corn stalks; all of it signaled the start of harvest …read more.

Building herd feed and forage rations for today’s high producing dairy cows requires strong nutritional analysis to strike the balance between cost of production and the current milk price.