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| I don't know a thing about trying to cut corn with a discbine and then running it through a baler but I'd doubt it would work very well.
I'd be more concerned about the simple economics of growing corn on the fringe. I can't see it paying you if you can't get the maturity. We're in an area here where we only get enough heat in perhaps 2 years out of 10 to actually bring the crop to maturity. We use a clear plastic mulch over the corn crop to get it in the ground earlier and that will bring it over the threshold every year and boost the starch content quite high as well, so it does pay... but it's really marginal with the present cost of annual tillage and other inputs. The plastic is also a killer at about ~140/acre... but the plastic will pay for itself in boosted yeild alone. The question is whether or not corn would pay you in a normal year without plastic.
If you're interested in that, let me know.
The system we're using was developed in Ireland. It's most prominent use in Canada is in the Codroy valley and St. John areas of Newfoundland, but there are three of us using it here in Nova Scotia.
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Corn silage? In bales? Impossible?
