Thursday, September 7, 2017

To Chop Or Not...2017

We've done it before...and we'll do it again this year...

...walk the corn fields and test the moisture level in the stalks before chopping corn, aka filling silo.

This was my view this afternoon...


...and there's one of my helpers!


Phoebe and Murphy tagged along this time, and they had so much fun!  It was like a maze for them...running through tunnels of corn, stepping on the stalks I was dragging...STOP IT!...and getting out some of their pent up energy after several days of rain.

The corn is being tested this afternoon, and we'll have to soon commit to a day for chopping.  There's a narrow window with our small silos...too dry, the silage won't pack well and the air will allow the feed to get moldy.  Too wet, and there's juice, juice, juice.

We'll see...

3 comments:

  1. Good luck finding the perfect time! (I like the pattern of light and shadows on your photos.)

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  2. Corn squeezing ... isn!t that good for something, like moonshine?

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  3. Yes, good luck with hitting it just right for filling your corn silo.

    Years ago, we used to fill a silo with corn silage and it was very stinky when the juices would run out. The cows loved it of course and I think they got a bit drunk from the fermented juice. We no longer have upright silos and we no longer harvest corn. Just hay...

    Her's hoping for the perfect weather for you.
    Hugs, Julia

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