There are three styles of harvested corn for animal feed. One is corn silage, (mature corn with green stalks) that is chopped (contains some energy, lots of fiber). The next is "cob corn", older corn cobs that are cut into slices; it looks like corn in the stew in a fancy magazine (contains energy with some fiber). The last is "grain corn" corn that is very dry and stripped from the cob (mostly energy and good for burning in new-fangled pellet stoves). We are getting ready to harvest grain corn.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
That's my job!
There are three styles of harvested corn for animal feed. One is corn silage, (mature corn with green stalks) that is chopped (contains some energy, lots of fiber). The next is "cob corn", older corn cobs that are cut into slices; it looks like corn in the stew in a fancy magazine (contains energy with some fiber). The last is "grain corn" corn that is very dry and stripped from the cob (mostly energy and good for burning in new-fangled pellet stoves). We are getting ready to harvest grain corn.