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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Fence Solutions" data-source="post: 1490181" data-attributes="member: 26621"><p>Not if you have the tillable ground, in my opinion. 200 bushel corn will gross $742/acre, which would value the silage at around $37/ton plus $10/ton to chop and bag it. Grain has a lower input cost than silage, since it takes more organic matter to make the next crop, so there is actually quite a cost difference in the two. We chase the silage with wheat, which makes great fall/winter/spring grazing, so there really isn't any loss of grazing days, and we have plenty of manure (cattle, and hog) so organic matter isn't much of an issue. I found myself overstocked and out of pasture when cattle were at their best a few years ago, and I was able to carry 1.4 pairs per acre. It was labor intensive, and they didn't get out of the feedlot until the silage was chopped.....but the profit margin was very good. Corn silage, wheat pasture, and a little bit of dry hay was the only feed I had with that set of cows. They made more money than the two groups on grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Fence Solutions, post: 1490181, member: 26621"] Not if you have the tillable ground, in my opinion. 200 bushel corn will gross $742/acre, which would value the silage at around $37/ton plus $10/ton to chop and bag it. Grain has a lower input cost than silage, since it takes more organic matter to make the next crop, so there is actually quite a cost difference in the two. We chase the silage with wheat, which makes great fall/winter/spring grazing, so there really isn't any loss of grazing days, and we have plenty of manure (cattle, and hog) so organic matter isn't much of an issue. I found myself overstocked and out of pasture when cattle were at their best a few years ago, and I was able to carry 1.4 pairs per acre. It was labor intensive, and they didn't get out of the feedlot until the silage was chopped.....but the profit margin was very good. Corn silage, wheat pasture, and a little bit of dry hay was the only feed I had with that set of cows. They made more money than the two groups on grass. [/QUOTE]
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