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October 2019 • Vol. 83, Numb­ er 10

Published monthly by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture • www.Agriculture.Vermont.Gov

Corn and Hay Harvest Tips
for Fall 2019

By Stefano Pinna, Milk per ton (lb/T) Milk per acre (lb/A)
Poultney Mettowee NRCD 2,500

This summer has been 2,000 Milk per ton (lb/T) 20,000
challenging for farmers across 1,500 15,000
Vermont. A very wet spring 1,000 Milk per acre (lb/A) 10,000
led to a very late corn planting and
a dry July/August stressed many hay 500 5,000
fields in the Southwestern part of
the State. Most corn fields are way 0 July 21 July 31 Aug 10 Aug 20 Aug 30 Sept 10 Sept 21 Oct 5 0
behind compared to more “normal” July 11 V14 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R5 R5.8
years and the crops in many cases
will be harvested wetter or later V11
in the season. In this article we
are providing a few tips to offset quality of our feed. stage of the crop. Milk production per ton of feed is
excessive moisture in the silage The chart above, from the As with any other plant, a peak in very high (black line) but milk pro-
during harvest and some thoughts duction per acre (red line) is very
about cutting hay in dry years. University of Wisconsin, shows the quality is reached right before flow- low, due to little tonnage per acre.
amount of milk produced for each ering (V11 to V14) when the plant
Corn Harvest ton of corn in relation to the growth goes through a very rapid growth. continued on page 3
Before harvest, it’s good practice

to review how corn quality evolves
over time in order to maximize the

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