Corn silage acreage

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simtal

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Instead of high-jacking the thread about hay, I decided to make a new one.  With this high price corn, how much less corn silage is gonna be around?  We are not chopping any this year.  There are a couple of ideas that I know would work.  John deere is developing a combine that will chop all the residue from the corn plant while you pick it. The residue goes into a silage wagon and you can put up the silage just a before only with some exceptions:

need to add water to it (to make it ferment)
realize that the quality is significantly lower

The other thing that we're going to due this year is make a small bunker out of corn-stalk bales and pile wet distiller's in it.  We'll start by making a layer of shredded corn stalks on the bottom, layer distiller's over that and repeat. Wrap the whole thing up in silage plastic and this method works very well. You can store this easily 6 months to a year.
 

GRsimm

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The only thing that I can think of is if the guys that are replanting watch and see that they might not get a good crop they might cut it for silage but I doubt this will happen cause it looks like corn could reach the $10 mark by harvest which sure is going to make it tough to feed cattle out. I have seen a drop in the 500-600 weights already. Well I wonder how much that new combine from John Deere will be have to prolly put the farm up to buy it but then maybe they will have a rental program. Sure will be an interesting year. Has anyone heard of Injecting there stalk bales with stuff like that liquid feed to make them have more nutrient value? ???
 

red

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We typically chop about 400-500 acres of corn silage. Also do a fair share of custom chopping. For dairymen there is always a need. We did have to raise prices about $1.50-$2.00 for just about everything.

Red
 

kanshow

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We planted more corn than usual this year and fortunately were able to get most of it in early.  We do have some later planted corn & it will probably go in the silo and guessing that they'll open some fields up with the chopper to make it easier to get trucks in... but that's just a guess - who knows at this point.  I don't know what the yield break point will be this year either - it could be that prices get so high that 50 bu corn (a normal failure)  looks good enough to harvest as grain.    We are currently looking at alternative feed sources for the feedlot- baling the stalks, ammoniating straw, ddgs,



 

aj

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I talked to feedlot guy today in western kansas. He said 8$ corn means a cost of gain of one dollar in feedlots. To me that means calves have to under a buck for this fall doesn't it? I'm thinking there is going to be some small feedlots sit this one out if they don't fold. I don't know about corn silage but it looks like to me that milo and cornstalk hay is all that will work for cow feed out here. I just don't see how a wreck is not coming. What is it going to cost to put up corn silage? I am hearing wheat harvesters are charging 22-22-22 and they are having a hell of a time making that work. Boys if Iran gets it's nuc plants bombed there might not be fuel to buy if all hell breaks loose in the middle east. I think it's time for a Colorado Koolaide but hey thats just me. ;D
 
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