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Posted 9/7/2020 12:33 (#8481058)
Subject: Corn Silage Maturity? With pics.


NE Iowa
I just make one bag of corn silage a year for backgrounding weaned calves and supplementing beef cows. Planted a 104 day maturity silage type corn April 21st. It seems like a late silking, good staygreen, white cob variety. About 12 days age had some tested and was 72% moisture. Was planning on chopping last Saturday but custom guys bagger is all tore apart and waiting for parts. Looks like 5 more days of cool and rain coming. Looks like chopping is a week out because of equipment / weather. Been snapping ears every few days and when I do that it looks like 2/3 milkline. So thought would still be fine. But I cut some kernels with a knife and it looks like black layer. From the outside the whole kernels look like they have milk but pretty sure the cut kernals are black layered. The plants are 1/2 to 2/3 green yet. The custom chopper has a processor. Will I still be okay chopping in a week or will it be too dry to make good silage.





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