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Chicago wheat futures ended much lower on Tuesday, as moisture levels in Russia increased ahead of winter wheat sowing season. Corn and soybean both retreated on bearish outside markets.

With today’s high-volume silage choppers, it’s imperative that you sample corn silage several times a day to ensure the material is being adequately processed. If corn kernels are left unprocessed, you’ve essentially wasted a whole growing season of effort and your cows will be unable to fully utilize the feed.

U.S. dairy producers will have 722,000 more heifers available from 2008 through 2012, thanks to sexed semen technology that started coming online in 2006.