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Saving money on feed cost is the single biggest factor in a profitable livestock operation. For ruminants, forage that contributes a large portion of digestible energy from NDF and starch will make a big impact on lowering feed costs. For this reason, Byron Seeds adopted a guide for our corn hybrids to let you know which hybrids rise to the top like cream in a bottle. When Byron Seed was first Continue Reading

You are in the Energy Business! In recent weeks, there has been an announcement that BMR corn silage was going away. Of course, that is not totally true, only for that company. This wasn’t a decision made by nutritionists, or even by the company’s dealers, but by the corporate board of directors. I would guess that the board of directors do not feed cows or understand what NDF digestibility is. Continue Reading

Byron Seed is featuring four Energy Edge Corn combinations for the 2026 growing year. These are corn varieties specifically chosen to match with the 57H50 corn in a 70:30 blend of companion hybrid with 30% of 57H50. These Energy Edge combinations bring superior fiber and starch digestibility as well as a little additional fat for added energy in the animals diet. The four combinations are: KF Continue Reading

The Bottom Line: Planting our Energy Edge soybean can help dairy farms save money by lowering their feed cost. Feed cost represents over half of the cost of producing milk. Opportunities to lower the feed cost to produce a hundred weight of milk are very important to being profitable for a dairy farm. Certainly, one of our top priorities is to put-up top-quality forages. This will have the Continue Reading

A Great Solution to a Livestock Grower’s Concern by Jim Paulson, High Oil Corn Project Director High Oil Corn Brings More Nutrition Value Feed costs make up over half of the expense of raising livestock, whether that is dairy cows, pigs, chickens or other livestock. Profitability is always greatly influenced by feed cost. With the high prices for grain and protein, anything that can Continue Reading

High oil corn has been around for decades. It is corn that has a larger germ, which tends to have an oil and protein content higher than standard No. 2 yellow corn. Regular No. 2 yellow corn is usually in the mic 3%’s, and the high oil varieties will be over 6% oil. Newer, high oil ultra-varieties can be up to 9% oil. Byron Seed and Brown Seed have been collaborating to develop improved Continue Reading

If you have come to this website, you may have the question of: Who is ByronPRO? But to us here at ByronPRO, we ask: “What is the WHY?” Why do we get up every day? Lots of reasons! One of the main reasons for ByronPRO is to be a customer-focused seed company that works to help farms. Passion for educating others One of our values at ByronPRO is a passion for educating others. We like to Continue Reading