Illini DairyNet Papers
Impact Of High Chopping Corn On Silage Composition
07/16/2009
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- Silage dry matter yield is reduced by 10 to 20 percent by chopping at 24 versus 6 inches.
- High chopping has little impact on chemical composition of plants at 30 percent dry matter but increases starch and decreases NDF of plants at 40 percent dry matter.
- Nutritional advantages of high chopping are greater when plants are more mature.
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