Pricing Corn Silage

Joe Lauer and Ryan Sterry, Corn Agronomist and St. Croix County Agent

Pricing corn silage is a difficult decision because it often comes at a time when emotions of sellers and buyers are high. The seller has the opportunity to sell a corn field for either silage or grain and incorporate the fertilizer value of the stover back into the field. The buyer has the opportunity to buy a corn field for silage or buy grain from the market and purchase low quality straw (wheat or corn stover aftermath) to formulate rations.

To read the full article follow the link below:

http://corn.agronomy.wisc.edu/AA/pdfs/A104.pdf