by Midwest Sidewalls | May 14, 2026 | Silage
If you asked a group of dairy farmers in Central Wisconsin to name their least favorite job on the farm, you would probably get a unanimous answer: covering the bunker silo. Imagine it from an outsider’s perspective. You’ve just spent two straight weeks working...
by Midwest Sidewalls | Jan 2, 2026 | Silage
It is Winter in Wisconsin. The temperature is 10° below zero, the wind is howling, and the TMR mixer is waiting. You climb up the icy slope of the bunker to peel back the plastic for the day’s feed, and you hit the wall—literally. The “wall” is a row...
by Midwest Sidewalls | Jan 2, 2026 | Silage
Harvest season is a race against the clock. When the corn is at the perfect moisture and the rain is coming, you have to keep the chopper rolling. But in the rush to get feed into the bunk, many farms are doing long-term damage to their greatest asset: their soil....
by Midwest Sidewalls | Dec 17, 2025 | Sidewalls, Silage
One of the most common questions we get at Midwest Sidewalls is: “Why should I buy sidewalls when I can get whole tires for free from the local tire shop?” It is a valid question. Farming is a low-margin business, and “free” is a powerful word....
by Midwest Sidewalls | Dec 17, 2025 | Silage
In the dairy industry, we spend a fortune on seed, fertilizer, fuel, and chopping to get the crop into the bunker. But once the packing tractors shut down, many farms stop managing the pile. This is a costly mistake. The invisible thief on every dairy farm is silage...
by Midwest Sidewalls | Dec 15, 2025 | Silage
For generations, the “tire pile” has been a fixture on dairy farms across the Upper Midwest. It’s a resource bank for harvest time—a heap of free weights waiting to be thrown onto the bunker to seal in the year’s feed. For a long time, the logic was...
