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> For corn, the stalks are used as silage. How common is this? In my area, the combines chew up the stalks and spit them out as chaff. I don't see many people
by weberc2 8y ago
> For corn, the stalks are used as silage.
How common is this? In my area, the combines chew up the stalks and spit them out as chaff. I don't see many people collecting the chaff.
- Maximus9000 8y agoNot sure. The dairy farm I worked at used the corn stalks. They make a product called "silage" which can be used as winter feed for the cattle.
- weberc2 8y agoCurious. My neighbor was a dairy farmer. They did this too. No one else though.
- Juggerbot 8y agoIt can depend on the price of fodder. If hay is cheap, there's not much incentive to spend time/fuel on baling stalks. However, if they're not baled, they decompose in the field, which technically reduces fertilizer inputs.