Benefits of High Oil Corn Corn silage is generally the least expensive energy source in a dairy ration; however, when additional energy is required more expensive fats and oils are added. Lipids (fats and oils) contain 225% the amount of energy as an equal weight of starch, the predominant energy source in shelled corn. Over […]
Category: Corn Silage
TOOL #3- Corn Silage Hybrids with Greater Starch & Fodder Digestibility
Corn Silage: Key Characteristics – Nutritional Value & Tonnage Through my years in the seed industry, I have observed that designating a hybrid as a ‘silage’ hybrid often was a way of moving inventory of hybrids with any of the following characteristics: tall plant type, questionable standability or poor dry-down. Until the last 15 years […]
