A new disease is plaguing cornfields across the Midwest. Phyllachora maydis is the fungus that causes a corn disease called ...

The person who originated the adage, “It beats a snowbank” may have been thinking about feeding corn stalk bales. However, like most forages there can be quite a bit of variability in nutritional ...

Luhman shared his extensive trials with feeding that includes bale grazing with grass and corn stalks; grazing in corn stalks and sorghum; and even shipping cattle to graze corn stalks in Nebraska.

An average of 1.0 bu/acre was available for livestock grazing. A 2004 Nebraska beef report on corn stalk grazing included more information about the make-up of corn residue. Generally, stalks account ...

The amount of corn, leaves and husks will vary with growing and harvest ... Once cattle have eaten the available husks and leaves and begin eating more of the stalk, diet quality will go down ...