There are key management decisions involved in harvesting and storing of high moisture corn products. Harvesting and storing of high moisture corn is a common practice on many dairy operations. Recently the dairy industry has witnessed tremendous increases in corn grain prices, grain drying cost, and fluctuations in milk prices. These have greatly increased the cost of com grain in dairy rations and impacted dairy farm profits. This should be motivating dairy producers and their nutritionist to review their management decisions on the key points involved with the harvesting, processing, and storage of high moisture corn products. With the current economic situation, dairy operations can not afford mistakes involved in the harvesting and storage of high moisture corn. The high moisture corn products that will be covered in this paper are: high moisture shelled corn, high moisture ear corn, and snaplage (kernels, cob, husk, and some upper plant material).
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