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VIDEO: New tool helps prevent spoilage in silage

Just 'Face-it'. It's a good idea to maintain your silage pile

It’s always fun to see new products at the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show site, especially when their inventor is on-hand to talk about them. In this case, it was Eli Wideman who spoke with us about how this simple, but effective silage tool called ‘Face-it’ helps maintain a silage pile to avoid spoilage.





Several food strategies are being studied to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane.

Reducing dairy methane starts with feed

AAFC researcher reviews what farmers can do to mitigate methane

Feeding strategies can play an important role in helping dairy farmers in Canada achieve the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050, a target set by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. In the life cycle of dairy farms, nearly 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions come from methane of enteric origin, mainly in the […] Read more

Renewed interest in silage-specific hybrids is fueling more discussions.

Charting the return of silage hybrids

Many producers want a broader range of attributes for corn

When assessing value in a corn crop, producers’ needs vary according to end uses. For cash croppers, it is measured in yield and bushels, but livestock producers want greater digestibility and more efficient feed use. It’s been 25 years since genetically modified hybrids became the norm and some in the seed trade say dual hybrids […] Read more

Bt-resistant corn rootworm is causing yield loss for silage growers.

Silage growers urged to protect feed supply from Bt-resistant corn rootworm

Pest has caused significant yield loss in both Canada and the U.S.

Some livestock producers in the U.S. corn belt have had to make a difficult and costly decision. They’ve harvested their silage corn for grain to salvage some financial return. Now a provincial entomologist says Ontario producers may face the same decision if resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) trait in corn continues to grow. Bt-resistant […] Read more


Materials used to store forages, such as bale wrap and netting, pose an environmental problem because they cannot be recycled and end up in landfill. A pilot program by Cleanfarms is hoping this can change.

Recycling struggles to keep pace with increased plastic use for forages

Pilot recycling program and newly-available materials with post-consumer plastics could help reduce environmental footprint

Technologies for wrapping, covering and storing corn silage and other forage crops continue to evolve, but efforts to limit the long-term effects of those technologies on the environment haven’t kept pace. But that hasn’t stopped environmentally conscious stakeholders in the sector from trying to do their part. Globally, an Israel-based leader in agriculture plastics is […] Read more

SiloStop Max is a 3.2 mil product suitable for one-layer application over forages.

Bunk silo cover decreases plastic use and dry matter loss

SiloStop limits oxygen flow to the forage with thinner film

Covering bunk silos has become common practice for livestock farmers, but results in a significant amount of plastic being sent to landfills. SiloStop, a 3.2 mil thick forage protection layer was recently brought to Canada. It only requires one layer and is an oxygen and ultraviolet light barrier. Why it matters: Feed bunks hold important […] Read more