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corn silage moisture sampling

Moisture Target? The chart to the right we have shown several times in the past. The purpose of the chart is to show that starch levels can increase by as much as 1% per day and increase at a 2x rate compared to NDF digestibility decline. This is why we often like to lower your target moisture from 67-69 to 64-66 to pick up the extra starch. Now traditionally starch has been one of the most expensive inputs on your operation, but with our current commodity prices do you want to chase the higher starch levels or high fiber digestibility? Larger operations will have to start

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in the low 70’s to finish in the mid-60's anyways– but think hard about where you want to be this year!

2018 CORN SILAGE MOISTURE TRACKING_Page_
2018 CORN SILAGE MOISTURE TRACKING_Page_
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