The first week of our summer/fall silage harvest will be coming to an end later this afternoon, and so far I am very happy with our yields. We're averaging 14 tons of chopped corn per acre on the first 22 acres harvested, which is about as good as it can get for the ground we planted it on. And not only are we chopping lots of "cow food", it looks like the feed quality is also going to be pretty good. It will be interesting to see if we can maintain these yields as we finish our corn crop, which we should be able to do next week barring weather delays or major equipment issues. After we finish the corn, we'll move into the sorghum crop.
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| chopping corn for silage |
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| a mild and moist summer led to 15ton/acre yields in this field |
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| While we've had a few minor, inevitable equipment issues, preventative maintenance has keep the chopper in the field and out of the farm shop. |
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| a load of corn silage being dumped into the bunker |
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