Forage Harvested for Silage: Methods to Measure Yield and Nitrogen Composition

Publication Number: 8713

Length: 6 pp.

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-1-62711-198-0

DOI: 10.3733/ucanr.8713

Author: C MILLER, D MEYER, ET AL

Inventory Type: PDF File

This study investigates the accuracy of common practices for measuring nitrogen forage yields and investigated the most efficient ways to improve measurement accuracy.

Forage Harvested for Silage: Methods to Measure Yield and Nitrogen Composition

California dairy farmers typically manage cropland in addition to their animals. Most farmers grow forage crops, which are fertilized with manure and harvested for animal feed. In this way, the cropland recycles manure nutrients and helps control forage costs.

Accurately measuring the forage yield is the first critical control point to improve calculations associated with forage yield quantity and nutrient removal calculations.

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