# silage (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover silage. Page: Feed: --- ## [2025 Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality After Three Years](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10612) _2026-07-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality After Three Years dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ruhl, Lindsey dc.description.abstract: Biochar is a solid “charred” organic residue produced by heating plant material in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis). Biochar tends to have high aromaticity and reduced oxygen to carbon and hydrogen to carbon ratios.… ## [2025 Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality After Two Years](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10610) _2026-07-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Impact of Biochar on Soil Chemical Properties and Corn Yield and Quality After Two Years dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ruhl, Lindsey dc.description.abstract: Biochar is a solid “charred” organic residue produced by heating plant material in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis). Biochar tends to have high aromaticity and reduced oxygen to carbon and hydrogen to carbon ratios.… ## [2025 Corn and Perennial Forage Cropping Systems Impact on Soil Health and Crop Productivity](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10605) _2026-05-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Corn and Perennial Forage Cropping Systems Impact on Soil Health and Crop Productivity dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ruhl, Lindsey dc.description.abstract: In 2025, UVM Extension’s Northwest Crops and Soils Program continued a multi-year trial at Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, VT to assess the impact of corn cropping systems on overall health and productivity of the… ## [2025 Flint Corn Variety Trial](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10611) _2026-04-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Flint Corn Variety Trial dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: In the Northeast, there is a strong demand from consumers to have access to a wide range of locally produced food products. This demand creates opportunities for specialty value-added markets and crops to emerge. One market that has been gaining popularity and expanding recently in… ## [2025 Integrating Solar Corridors into Corn Silage Production Systems](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10609) _2026-04-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Integrating Solar Corridors into Corn Silage Production Systems dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: Interseeding is a strategy to plant cover crops directly into a growing crop of corn silage providing for earlier planting to hopefully maximize the conservation and ecological benefits of the cover crop. However, there are several challenges… ## [2025 Forage Legume Variety Trial](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10604) _2026-04-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Forage Legume Variety Trial dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: In 2024, the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program initiated a trial evaluating forage yield and quality of an array of perennial forage legume species and varieties planted in monoculture. The grass species selected were alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil,… ## [2025 Influence of Cutting Height and Frequency on Forage Yield and Quality](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10603) _2026-03-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Influence of Cutting Height and Frequency on Forage Yield and Quality dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: Harvest management is an integral component of producing high-quality forage. Often harvest timing and speed are discussed, but equally important cutting height and frequency. While many grazing farmers have adopted the practice of… ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-7d7) _2025-12-08 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Tannins to tackle methane! ## [2025 Short Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10607) _2025-12-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Short Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: 2025 Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary Conducted by Dr. Heather Darby and the University of Vermont Northwest Crops and Soils Program Short season corn (85-98 day relative maturity) silage hybrids in Alburgh, VT Planting Date: 13-May 2025 Harvest… ## [2025 Long Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10606) _2025-12-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: 2025 Long Season Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: 2025 Corn Silage Performance Trials Summary Conducted by Dr. Heather Darby and the University of Vermont Northwest Crops and Soils Program Long season corn (98-111 day relative maturity) silage hybrids in Alburgh, VT Planting Date: 13-May 2025 Harvest… ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/awgWrLEZ9vqT) _2025-11-30 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Some Udder Thought?](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thought) _2025-11-24 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ How high should I chop my corn silage? ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-722) _2025-11-10 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ How much fat and in what form for a postpartum dairy cow? ## [New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program Field Crop Performance Network](https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14849/10608) _2025-11-01 · UVM ScholarWorks_ dc.title: New York and Vermont Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program Field Crop Performance Network dc.contributor.author: Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara dc.description.abstract: Hybrid evaluation at multiple environments helps in decision making and expands the reach of this type of data to more farmers. Cornell, UVM, and seed companies collaborate to provide this evaluation. Hybrids were either… ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-85f) _2025-10-27 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Hoof health and milk production! ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-d83) _2025-10-13 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Immune cells in the rumen? ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-909) _2025-09-29 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Nutrition and Mastitis ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-e37) _2025-09-08 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ How does changing dietary starch affect eating behavior? ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-c04) _2025-08-25 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Short stature corn silage? ## [Some Udder Thoughts](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-c31) _2025-08-11 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Pair housing calves? ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JphvJ6NzsSrV) _2025-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Some Udder Thoughts!](https://thecowprof.substack.com/p/some-udder-thoughts-5d3) _2025-07-28 · Kirby Krogstad · The Cow Professor_ Feeding Triticale Silage?