Corn Silage Results & Pricing, Waterhemp Herbicides, and Upcoming Events
Week of September 6, 2021
September 7 Corn Silage Dry Down Results
Fifty-four (54) samples were submitted to UW-Marshfield Soils and Forage Laboratory for analysis on September 7, 2021. Overall the moisture was approximately 64.07% to 75.52% moisture.
The best lactation performance by dairy cows has been shown to occur when corn silage is harvested at 65-70 percent moisture. This range of whole plant moisture also works well for achieving good packing and silage fermentation in horizontal silos. Determining whole plant moisture prior to harvest is one management practice to ensure high-quality forages. View the results webpage
Buying and Selling Corn Silage: What's a Fair Price?
Pricing corn silage is a difficult decision because it often comes at a time when the emotions of sellers and buyers are high. The seller has the opportunity to sell a cornfield for either silage or grain and incorporate the fertilizer value of the stover back into the field. The buyer has the opportunity to buy a cornfield for silage or buy grain from the market and purchase low-quality straw (wheat or corn stover aftermath) to formulate rations. Arriving at a fair price and being able to take into account the markets (grain, straw, milk, and silage), fertilizer, harvesting, and quality costs is a difficult decision.
In the article Buying and Selling Corn Silage, Extension St. Croix County Agriculture Educator Ryan Sterry shows the calculations in determining a fair corn silage price, utilizing moisture, maturity, yield, and harvest costs.
WI Waterhemp Herbicide Resistance Project
Earlier this year we received a few complaints regarding lack of performance of dicamba (XtendiMax, Engenia, Status), 2,4-D (Enlist One) and/or glufosinate (Liberty) on POST control of waterhemp in corn and soybean fields in Wisconsin. Continue Reading
UW-Madison Extension has developed a Smartphone app to provide a simple way to help estimate the market value of corn silage. The app includes links to current corn and hay market prices and allows buyers and sellers to enter their own yield estimates and harvest costs. The difference in values of soil nutrients removed when harvesting silage versus corn for grain is also calculated helping sellers fine-tune their standing value per acre.
The fall session will run in the months of September and October on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM. The purpose of this series is to provide agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin. Badger Crop Connect is hosted by Extension Crops and Soils educators. CCA CEUs available.
Dave Albright | W811 County Road K | Ripon, WI 54971
RSVP to your agronomist by Friday, September 3. Topics include Combine Clean-out Demo, Herbicides, and Hybrids. Lunch is included.
Badger Crop Connect: Winter Wheat and Soil Carbon
September 22 | 12:30-1:30PM
The fall session will run in the months of September and October on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at 12:30 PM. The purpose of this series is to provide agronomists, crop consultants, and farmers timely crop updates for Wisconsin. Badger Crop Connect is hosted by Extension Crops and Soils educators. CCA CEUs available.
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