Posted by ChrisLSD on October 12, 2008 at 07:13:41 from (98.135.43.181):
In Reply to: Feeding Corn Stalks posted by jacksonduper on October 11, 2008 at 20:12:38:
another option -
was reading a 1930's circa gov't publication about turning the corn stalks into silage -
I use a bar rake - rake a couple swaths of standing corn stalks together - then use the hay pickup and run them through the silage cutter - tha part works pretty good
before i was always trying to keep them as dry hay - i made a large pile of dry stuff like a silage pile (no packing necessary since u aren't trying to get the air out - then i covered it with plastic to see if it would keep over winter - it did pretty good, but my well fed animals didn't really like the stuff - even though a lot of it was as good as the day i put it there -
so next I am going back to try to make it ensile - it has advantages - you can go sooner after they combine - start earlier in the day - go longer in the evening - going to harvest the same way - make it into a silage pile - add water to get back to atleast 50% to 60% moisture or so - pack it and see how that goes.....
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