What’s the value of 2004 corn for silage?  Pricing this year’s crop will offer some challenges given the fact that stands were thinned by May rains and the extreme maturity variation that exists both between and within fields.  One thing is certain: pricing standing corn silage by the acre is likely going to result in either the buyer or seller getting a bad deal.  Most producers like a pricing structure that is simple but yet has some scientific foundation.  Perhaps the method that best fits this criteria is to value normal corn silage and then discount immature corn silage accordingly based on reduced feed quality.  Based on Wisconsin research that encompassed multiple years, harvest dates, and hybrids, the following are reasonable discounts: