Corn Silage Harvest Management
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Corn Silage Dry Harvest Management Resources
Proper corn silage harvest hinges on assessing whole plant moisture. Farmers, crop
consultants and other ag professionals should make corn plant moisture monitoring a priority to
identify the optimum time to harvest silage to maximize forage yield and quality.
Some key resources for managing corn silage harvest:
- Maximizing Corn Silage Yield & Quality
- Corn Silage Harvest & Storage
- Corn Silage Quality & Feeding
- Halfway There! Yield & Quality Changes of Corn Silage During Challenging First Half Environments
- Pricing Corn Silage – Estimating the Value of the 2025 Crop
- On-Farm Moisture Testing of Corn Silage
- From Dent to Done: Timing Silage Corn Harvest in 2025
The Fond du Lac County Forage Council, along with UW Madison Division of Extension, Eastern Wisconsin DHIC, Rock River Lab & Dairyland Labs are hosting several opportunities for growers to assess whole plant moisture.
2025 Results
2024 Results
2023 Results
August 29
Results are as follows with 14 samples submitted to Dairyland Laboratories, Depere for lab moisture analysis:
September 5
101 samples were submitted for lab analysis of corn whole plant moisture to help determine the optimal time to harvest corn silage.
Results of the September 05 corn silage dry down
