I grew up on a dairy in N Indiana. No time off, no vacations, worked all the time. We even processed, bottled and delivered. A family operation.
That said, my dad got the idea in early 60's to plant corn, sorgum, and beans to make silage. His thinking was beans produce nitrogen and corn likes nitrogen.
What a nightmare trying to chop it up. It was so tall, like a jungle, he didn't have a tractor with enough PTO hp and go slow enough. If I remember correctly, it was so tall, the only way you could tell where he was in the field, was by looking for the diesel exhaust smoke.
Then his second nightmare began. He brought a ford 6000 first generation SOS. Tractor was so bad, Ford took it back and gave him a second generation SOS.
You may try a small plot of corn/bean mix. Dad only did this experiment for 2 or 3 years before giving up on the idea.
Has anyone planted corn and bean together for silage like my dad? Keep in mind, at the time I was only 11. george
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