Posted by kerry50 on August 20, 2012 at 17:55:25 from (99.195.112.36):
In Reply to: Chopping silage posted by Sparktrician on August 20, 2012 at 10:05:19:
This year was also a first for me. I had never put any corn out before and decided it was about time to give it a shot. I planted this corn on May 10. My neighbor, who has chopped corn all his life for his dairy cows, told me it looked like the corn was going to make about 50 bu/ac. So I decided to chop it. I dug a trench silo with my 953 Cat. Then lined the bottom of the silo with ag lime and rolled it in tight. Chopped the corn this past Friday and Saturday. Thinking it made close to 10 ton/ac. After filling the silo and packing it with my JD 4020, I then covered it with 6 mil black plastic. Then covered the plastic with ag lime to hold it down and seal it. The only thing that concerns me is the nitrate level. What I have read says that the ensilage process will eliminate about 50% of the nitrates. After 45 days I am going to have the silage tested for nitrates to see where I'm at.
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