Farm
Field Corn Silage Dry Down Results
Mike
Rankin
Crops and Soils Agent
University of Wisconsin - Extension
| The
following are results from the first farmer corn silage dry down
samples brought to the Agronomy Field Day on 9-13. On average,
whole plant moisture declines at a rate of 0.5 percentage points per
day. |
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R.M. |
Planting
Date |
W.
P. Moisture |
| # |
City/Town |
Hybrid |
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| 1 |
Rosendale |
Mycogen
TMF 2662 |
106 |
27-Apr |
67.9 |
| 2 |
Eden |
NK3030
Bt |
93 |
29-Apr |
61.4 |
| 3 |
Fond
du Lac |
Cargill
6511 FQ |
108 |
30-Apr |
69.0 |
| 4 |
Eden |
NK
Max 101 |
100 |
30-Apr |
66.7 |
| 5 |
Fond
du Lac |
DK
512 |
101 |
02-May |
67.4 |
| 6 |
Fond
du Lac |
Mycogen
TMF 2404 |
96 |
02-May |
66.0 |
| 7 |
Eldorado |
Mycogen
TMF 100 |
100 |
03-May |
67.0 |
| 8 |
Fond
du Lac |
NK
3030 Bt |
93 |
03-May |
66.5 |
| 9 |
Malone |
NK3030
Bt |
93 |
03-May |
64.8 |
| 10 |
Eldorado |
Mycogen
TMF 94 |
94 |
03-May |
62.0 |
| 11 |
Fond
du Lac |
NK
Max 101 |
100 |
05-May |
71.0 |
| 12 |
Brownsville |
P36F30 |
99 |
06-May |
70.8 |
| 13 |
Fond
du Lac |
Cargill
3309 FQ |
98 |
06-May |
69.9 |
| 14 |
Fond
du Lac |
P36R10 |
101 |
06-May |
68.7 |
| 15 |
Fond
du Lac |
NK
3030 Bt |
93 |
06-May |
61.8 |
| 16 |
Eden |
Pioneer
B105 |
105 |
07-May |
64.3 |
| 17 |
Eden |
DeKalb |
|
07-May |
64.2 |
| 18 |
Fond
du Lac |
NK
3030 Bt |
93 |
08-May |
61.7 |
| 19 |
Brownsville |
P36F30 |
99 |
10-May |
66.4 |
| 20 |
Waupun |
Dairyland
1297 |
97 |
10-May |
61.6 |
| 21 |
Waupun |
P3733 |
99 |
11-May |
60.8 |
| 22 |
Campbellsport |
P3523 |
107 |
15-May |
69.9 |
| 23 |
Eden |
DeKalb
484 |
95 |
20-May |
68.0 |
| 24 |
Fond
du Lac |
Cargill
3309 FQ |
98 |
26-May |
70.3 |
| 25 |
Fond
du Lac |
NK
2409 |
88 |
26-May |
70.0 |
| 26 |
Eden |
Mycogen
100 |
100 |
30-May |
63.8 |
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