Posted by JD Seller on August 22, 2013 at 20:10:44 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Corn silage? posted by M Nut on August 22, 2013 at 19:31:10:
The better question is how much waste are you comfortable with??? A pile between round bales covered with a cheap plastic will have 15-20% spoilage. Have the round bales hold a ground piece of good heavy plastic and cover it with a good thick sunlight blocking silo plastic and the waste goes down to around 10%. A good silage bag can easily have under 5% waste.
Things to conceder:
1) What moisture is your corn silage going to be??? The dryer the more important a good air tight pack/seal is.
2) What are you going to be feeding the silage to??? Dairy cows need good quality feed. Beef brood cows can be feed lower quality feed. Beef steers can be feed lower quality feed when balanced with other feed sources.
3) Do you have the equipment to harvest corn silage??? IF not what is the going rate in your area for harvesting corn silage? Custom operators can charge by the hour or the load. Also can you get them when you need them.
4) If there are any silage baggers you can rent or hire in your area the feed quality and storage ease will by far make up for any additional cost over a bale bunker.
5) Are you set up to feed silage??? This could just be some fed bunks you fill with a loader. You do not have to have fancy feeders. Several guys around me just use old tractor tires with the top bead cut out of them.
Just trying to point out things to think about as it sounds like you do not usually feed corn silage.
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