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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 710640" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Angie, the corn will only make up about 20% +/- a little of the total silage intake, the remainder being the cobs, shucks, leaves and stalk which are all considered roughage so you still have a very good ratio of grain: roughage when feeding silage. Good silage will run 32-36% dry matter so if they eat 50 lbs. per head per day they will still only have 19-20 lbs. of dry matter and 3.5--4 lbs. of that would be corn, all very digestible with adequate energy and not overly high in protein.</p><p></p><p>On the negative side I've heard that some dairies have as much as $70-75 per ton in the silage especially if they have to pay to have it hauled very far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 710640, member: 6897"] Angie, the corn will only make up about 20% +/- a little of the total silage intake, the remainder being the cobs, shucks, leaves and stalk which are all considered roughage so you still have a very good ratio of grain: roughage when feeding silage. Good silage will run 32-36% dry matter so if they eat 50 lbs. per head per day they will still only have 19-20 lbs. of dry matter and 3.5--4 lbs. of that would be corn, all very digestible with adequate energy and not overly high in protein. On the negative side I've heard that some dairies have as much as $70-75 per ton in the silage especially if they have to pay to have it hauled very far. [/QUOTE]
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