When making corn silage, a moisture content between 60 percent and 70 percent is ideal, Hendrix said. That percentage can be in the upper range if silage is being stored in bunker silos or on the ...

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Silage samples take 20 to 30 minutes because of coarse particles and grain content which dry slowly. General Physical Appearance. Because of variation among hybrids, it is wise to use several plant ...

Corn silage with high nitrate levels poses a higher risk to form silage gases which are poisonous. Silo gases contribute to respiratory problems in farmers and to the “farmer’s lung” syndrome.

The goal in making corn silage is to efficiently harvest and store the maximum amount of digestible nutrients per unit of ... 70% moisture corn silage will not seep if silo height does not exceed 40 ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes, when harvest conditions are less than ideal, silage with lower-than-optimum moisture levels is put into a silo, potentially leading to excessive heating and a ...

It’s that time of year again where farmers start to prepare to chop corn silage. Some of you may wonder how the corn silage stays so fresh throughout the year and others might wonder how nutr… ...

Some crop insurance policies bar farmers from chopping the corn plants for resale as silage. In other fields the nitrogen content of the corn stalks may be too high to be fed to livestock.