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Higher Tons/Acre and Milk/Acre! AgVenture Spangler has carefully selected Specific Silage Products for both their high-performance agronomic traits and quality nutritional feed values.
Get more milk and a higher return on your investment with AgVenture's Total Forage System.
TFS Superior Corn Silage Products offer you lower lignin content for the highest fiber digestibility and higher dry matter intake. That means you benefit from improved animal performance, more milk and, ultimately, more profit.
Delivering more digestible tonnage per acre with the TFS! We carefully select only proven products specifically designed for silage which guarantee excellent fiber digestibility compared to conventional products. And with better digestibility, higher dry matter intake and more tonnage, you get more milk !
Our Total Forage System approach allows us to carefully and specifically approach your feed program with the right combinations of forage solutions. With TFS products we provide you with the highest yielding and highest quality Superior Corn Silage Products. Our TFS brand alfalfas, include a wide selection of specifically adapted alfalfa seed products designed for ultimate nutritional efficiency for dairy cattle. Together, we can help you precisely match your alfalfa and corn silage needs for results that directly and positively help increase milk production!
AgVenture Spangler's careful varietal selection process for silage products and alfalfa varieties allows us to thoroughly understand the full capability of each of our alfalfa and corn silage products. Whether you need a high corn silage-type ration or a high haylage-type ration, our team can help match the best performing products for your operation's goals. Based on the science in the seed and the performance of the plants, we evaluate each individual TFS hybrid on characteristics such as starch, IVTD, lignin, etc. Because we know the performance history of our TFS products and individual quality component scores, we're able to match the right TFS products with your dairy.
Criteria for selecting corn silage products have traditionally been based on agronomic factors, such as grain yield, disease and pest resistance, stalk strength, and less on nutritional value. For many years it was generally considered that the best grain products were also the best corn silage products. Corn silage was mistakenly thought of as being very consistent in feed value. But as we have learned more about measuring forage digestible energy in ruminants, we are finding out that we need to place a much greater emphasis on corn silage quality.
That's why Agventure developed a stringent selection criterion for selecting the TFS-Total Forage System Products.

 
 

Definitions:

Forage Yield: To qualify for classification as a TFS-Total Forage System hybrid, it must demonstrate extremely high yield for its maturity.

NDFd:
Is one of the most crucial factors in the TFS-Total Forage System selection process. NDFd is the percent of a corn silage hybrid's NDF (neutral detergent fiber) that digests inside the rumen within the first 30 hours after consumption. For every one unit increase in NDFd, a cow can consume an additional 0.5 lb in DMI (dry matter intake) and may produce up to 0.53 lb more milk.

Starch:
Knowing a hybridÕs starch levelÐor amount of raw food energyÐis another key to solving the puzzle of rationing.

Kernel Texture:
Indicates Kernel Density. The less dense the kernel results in higher more efficient digestibility and energy in the silage. All TFS-Total Forage System hybrids have soft kernel textures.

Plant Synchronism: Is when the ear and stalk are both at optimal moisture levels at silage harvest time. This unique feature also helps to lenthen the harvest window for optimal quality.

 

 


 

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