Posted by LonM on August 23, 2020 at 17:08:18 from (64.118.3.165):
In Reply to: corn silage posted by Cowboy2005 on August 23, 2020 at 11:55:14:
Making corn silage is a great way to get the most amount of feed calories from an acre of corn. You do need a certain number of cattle to feed just to keep the feed fresh as it is fed off the bunker face/bag face/ upright silo surface.
Do not pretend you can buy cheap used up machinery and make lots of silage for next to nothing. Silage cutters wear rapidly, and need to be well maintained to get a short length of cut and get it done in a timely fashion.
Here are the rules for silage that I learned in Crop Production 101 in college:
1) Harvest at the right % moisture that matches your storage (wetter for piles, bunkers, and trenches, in the middle for bags, drier for upright concrete silos, drier yet for Harvestore-style silos).
2) Short length of cut. Process the kernels for higher digestibility.
3) Pack it tight.
4) Limit oxygen exposure by covering with plastic.
5) Feed enough off the face to minimize spoilage. Limit exposure to oxygen here too.
People who claim they don't have to cover their piles because not much spoils are most likely feeding the spoilage. That 3-6" of junk on top is what is left of at least a foot of what could have been good feed.
An uncovered pile will lose at least 15% of it's dry matter to spoilage. That makes plastic a pretty good investment.
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