Silage
This is your source for information on silage and the silage industry. This information is provided to help improve the production, management, and utilization of silage for livestock production in Kansas.
Publications - Silage Safety
- Efficiency in Silage Preservation - Keith and Ruth Bolsen
- Progressive Forage Grower - July 2013
- Harvest and Storage Safety - Dennis Murphy and William Harshman, 2006, NRAES Conference
- Handle Silage Safely - Hay & Forage Grower, February 2010
- Silage Bunkers and Piles Can Kill - Hoard's West, May 2011
- Silage bunkers and piles: A life-and-death matter - Progressive Dairy Canada, April 2014
- Prevent Injuries or Worse from Silage Avalanches - Australian Ag Contractor, July 2014
Publications - Silage Management
- What's New in Silage Management? - B.J. Holmes and Keith Bolsen
- Shrink-anomics! What are shrink losses costing your operation? - Progressive Dairyman
- Make Sure Your Kernel Processor is Doing Its Job - Wisconsin Team Forage, 2013
- Stymie Silage Shrink - Hay & Forage Grower, March 2014
- Is Your Silage Plastic Contributing to Silage Losses? - Dairy Business, March 2014
- Taking Acreage Out of Production for Silage Pile - Progressive Forage Grower, July 2014
Presentations - Silage Safety & Silage Management
- Fine Tuning a Silage Program and Saving Someone's Life! - Keith and Ruth Bolsen
- Three Safety Issues for Large-scale Bunker Silos and Drive-over Piles in North America - Ruth Bolsen and Keith Bolsen
- Managing Forage for Single Digit Shrink Loss in Bunker silos and drive-over piles - Keith Bolsen, 2012 Corn Silage and Forage Field Day, Citra, FL
- Avoiding Five Common Silage Pitfalls - Keith Bolsen, 2008, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
Spanish - Silage Safety & Silage Management
- Mejorando la calidad del ensilaje en el 2005 - Traducid por Ma. Estela Uriarte Archundia
- Antiguo Testamento Isaías, 30:24
IMPORTANT:
Because of the risk of a serious injury, the K-State Silage Team does NOT recommend taking core samples from the feedout face of bunker silos or drive-over piles to estimate the density of silage.
Contact
Dr. Mike Brouk
Dairy Nutrition & Management
mbrouk@ksu.edu
