Silage harvest is done in most areas. I have been getting many forage samples back and have been very impressed with what I am seeing this year. Silage yields are down in tonnage for central and northern Wisconsin, in the areas hurt by the dry weather earlier this year, but quality seems to very good yet. The rest of the areas are reporting big yields and high quality. Silage yields are running in the high 20’s to low 30’s for tonnage to the acre. Our new full season hybrid we added this year even bumped 40 ton to the acre in one plot!! Now that’s a lot of corn. This variety also produces good grain yields so the starch levels in the feed sample have been good. A couple earlier hybrids that we added are also doing great, we have a new 104 day and 107 day hybrid that both came back with great tonnage yields and starch levels in the high 30’s, a dairyman’s dream.
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