Farming

Corn Harvest – Silage vs. Grain

This time of the year, you see some corn being harvested for silage and others still drying out in the fields, waiting to be harvested as feed corn with the proper amount of moisture. A good explanation of the differences and challenges of waiting for the corn to dry enough to be harvested while the fields haven't turned to winter slop.

Goats Raised

Goats Raised

Goat farming is a niche thing in America, there are only about 18,000 goats in New York State compared to 1.4 million cattle.  Texas is much bigger into goat (and cattle) production, they have 740,000 goats and 13.1 million cattle.

Moldboard Plows

And why they aren't very common these days, and why John Deere is discontinuing it's model of the Moldboard plow, the venerable 3710. Switch plows are being manufactured, and some dairies like Moldboards for occasional use, just because they can get nutrients further into the ground, so you don't have stratification from manure and crop residue.