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Many dairy farmers rely increasingly on corn silage to meet forage needs. While the efficiencies associated with the production, harvest and storage of corn silage are attractive, a less desirable corollary of this management trend is the increased linkage of manure distribution with production of corn.
In Texas, corn silage harvest begins early. By late June, when corn is rather green and dry matter hovers around 28 percent, tractors and choppers head out to the fields to start cutting down stalks.
A wooden frame, with most of a roof still intact. No window glass remains, if ever there were glass windows. Even the doorway stands – minus any form of a door.
For years, my dad and I debated back and forth about whether we should replace our aging sickle-bar mower-conditioner (mo-co) with a new disc mo-co. Dad was old-school. He liked a sickle mower and could really make one sing going through a field.
It was just past 2 p.m. It was hot and dusty as they pushed the tail-end of the straggler calves and leppies out of the last draw and up to the little pond that brought welcome and cool relief to trail-weary cows and worn-out horses.
There’s a magic moment during the harvest window when the corn plant dries to a perfect level: The starch content is high, and the crop’s yield potential is at its peak.
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