Drought-stressed corn silage can have from 75 to 90 percent of the feed value of normal corn silage. Drought-stressed corn silage typically has higher sugar content, less starch, higher crude protein, higher crude fiber and more digestible fiber compared to normal corn silage. Any corn that has pollinated and stays alive will use any rain to fill grain and that will add to the value of the crop for feed. If a fresh cut sample tests above 3,000 parts per million, fermented feed should be...

More and more farmers are planting corn as demand for the grain-based ethanol sets off rallies in field corn prices, causing them to increase about 50 percent over the past year. That s the largest single increase from year to year in my 30 years in this business, said Smith, who is the fourth generation of his family in the popcorn business. Dale Opheim, of Graettinger, is growing 1,500 acres of popcorn under contract with American Pop Corn co. and other popcorn companies, and said he...

Page1 of 2 The great biofuel fraud By F William Engdahl That bowl of Kellogg's cornflakes on the breakfast table or the portion of pasta or corn tortillas, cheese or meat on the dinner table is going to rise in price over the coming months as sure as the sun rises in the East. Page1 of 2 The great biofuel fraud By F William Engdahl That bowl of Kellogg's cornflakes on the breakfast table or the portion of pasta or corn tortillas, cheese or meat on the dinner table is going to rise in price...

Farmers are hoping for a weather turnaround over the next few weeks as the state's largest cash crops, corn and soybeans, enter their final development stages. Most parts of the state had adequate moisture during spring planting, but by late June, dry conditions began to hurt crops. The latest crop report out Monday says only 21 percent of the state's farmland has adequate soil moisture. Agriculture Department's statistics office for Minnesota, says the rain failed to slow the crop...

DUGGER Published: July 31, 2007 LOKWII, Kenya As the United States Congress debates an omnibus farm bill, it is considering a small change that advocates say could make a big difference to the world s hungriest people: allowing the federal government to buy some food in Africa to feed the famished, rather than shipping it all overseas from America. DUGGER Published: July 31, 2007 LOKWII, Kenya As the United States Congress debates an omnibus farm bill, it is considering a small change that...