Soil Health and Corn Silage Performance

Oct 30, 2024

By Kirsten Workman and Joe Lawrence

Soil health is a key focus of corn growers working towards safeguarding their operation against increasingly challenging growing conditions and larger sustainability goals. Understanding the contributing factors that lead to resilient cropping systems in NY is an important part of farms meeting those goals. With funding support from the New York Corn Growers Association Corn Research and Education program soil health data was collected from the NY Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program in 2023.

The annual hybrid evaluation program offers the opportunity to compare the same hybrids in different growing environments. Measuring key soil health parameters at each location with the Cornell Assessment of Soil Health (CASH) test offered additional insight into the role of soil health in the overall performance of the crop grown at each location.

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Source : cornell.edu

Video: When Should We Assist a Farrowing Sow? - Dr. Alexander Grahofer

In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Alexander Grahofer, Senior Lecturer and Scientist at the Clinic for Swine, Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, examines how modern sow biology is challenging long-standing farrowing guidelines. He discusses piglet-to-piglet intervals, obstetrical intervention, hormonal balance, housing systems, colostrum access, and practical steps producers can take to support sow and piglet health. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Farrowing guidelines built around older sow populations may no longer reflect the biology and litter sizes seen in modern production."

Meet the guest: Dr. Alexander Grahofer / alexander-grahofer-05134888 is a Senior Lecturer and Scientist at the Clinic for Swine, Vetsuisse Faculty Bern, in Switzerland. His background includes porcine health management and animal reproduction, with specialization in pig reproduction and research focused on farrowing and sow health. Learn more from Dr. Alexander Grahofer on The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, available on all major platforms.