El4-Foraging Around,-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September-43, 2003 Accurate Moisture Measurement Is Key To Preserving Forage ITHACA, N.Y. The moisture content of stored for age is the key to successful preservation of silage and hay. A bulletin from the Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service, Forage Moisture Determination, de scribes methods of obtaining forage samples and measuring their moisture content on the farm or in the laboratory. Estimating the moisture content of forage by appear ance, smell, and feel usually results in underestimates of si lage moisture content and overestimates of hay moisture content. If the moisture level is underestimated, silage can spoil or hay can catch fire. If the moisture level is overesti Conference Report Covers All Aspects Of Silage Production ITHACA, N.Y. Silage is a central compo nent of animal agriculture in temperate cli mates, with most farms feeding 50-100 percent of their forage in the form of silage. Because si lage is the most unstable feedstuff producers grow and handle, providing high-quality silage is a constant challenge. The publication Silage: Field to Feedbunk offers practical recommen dations regarding mechanical and managerial factors involved in meeting that challenge. Silage: Field to Feedbunk, NRAES-99, is the proceedings of a February 1997 confer ence in Hershey, where over 490 producers, producers’ advisors, industry representa tives, and researchers met to discuss all as pects of silage production and use. The pub lication offers 36 papers divided among eight key areas: plant and field issues; har vesting high-quality silage; storage methods; additives management; mycotoxins and spoilage; quality evaluation; feeding; and si lage system management. The proceedings will be a valuable re source for agricultural and industry profes sionals including silage producers and users; extension and university educators; agron omists; crop consultants; feed, seed, and equipment sales representatives; plant breeders; animal scientists; agricultural en gineers; nutritionists; veterinarians; IPM professionals; and analytical laboratory staff. Conference sponsors were Agway Agri cultural Products; the American Dairy Sci ence Association; the American Socity of Agronomy; Cargill Animal Nutrition Division/Cargill Hybrid Seeds; the Crop Sci ence Society of America; Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Soil Science Society of America; USDA Agricultural Research Service; and the Natural Resource, Agricul ture, and Engineering Service (NRAES). Silage: Field to Feedbunk, NRAES-99, is available for $3O per copy plus shipping and handling from NRAES, Cooperative Exten sion, P.O. Box 4557, Ithaca, NY 14852-4557. Shipping and handling for one copy is $6 within the continental U.S. New York resi dents add 8 percent sales tax (calculated on both the cost of publications and the ship ping and handling charges). If ordering more than one book or if ordering from out side the U.S., contact NRAES for shipping rates and possible quantity discounts. Or ders from outside the U.S. must be prepaid Lancaster Farming Check out our Website! .lancaaterfarmim mated, silage, and hay lose some of their nutritional value. Forage Moisture Determi nation, NRAES-59, is in tended for forage producers, extension specialists, consul tants, and researchers. The 28-page book contains guide lines for taking representative forage samples, discussions of on-farm and laboratory meth ods of moisture determi nation, a glossary, a table of U.S.-to-metric conversion fac tors, a table summarizing fea tures of the described meth ods, and a list of references. It is illustrated with 11 drawings and graphs. The bulletin was edited by Ronald E. Pitt, a former pro in U.S. funds. All major credit cards are ac cepted, and checks should be made payable to NRAES. For more information or a free copy of our publications catalog, contact NRAES by phone at (607) 255-7654, by fax at (607) 254-8770, or by e-mail at nraes@comell.edu. To learn more about NRAES and browse through our entire catalog, visit our Website at www.nraes.org. fessor of agricultural and bio logical engineering at Cornell University. Its authors are Pitt; Gerald H. Brusewitz, De partment of Agricultural En gineering, Oklahoma State University; Larry E. Chase, Department of Animal Sci ence, Cornell University; Mi chael Collins, Department of Agronomy, University of Ken tucky; Stephen R. Delwiche, Beltsville Agricultural Re search Center, USDA-ARS; James W. Garthe, Depart ment of Agricultural and Bio logical Engineering, Penn State; and Richard E. Muck, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-ARS. 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