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.
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.