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Get the most out of your silage and your herd with the 2023 Silage Guide. It includes information on all the top-performing DEKALB® brand silage products to help you make the best decisions for your operation and achieve silage success.
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PLAN TO PLANT: Variety Selection Can Help Mitigate Diseases
Quality corn silage begins with fertile soil as its foundation. Monitoring nutrients by completing soil tests and following up with nitrogen application when needed helps Chaffin establish a baseline for planting.
PLAN TO GROW: Management Strategies Help Combat Disease
Incidence of diseases like tar spot can be mitigated during the growing season by employing field management practices and timely applying fungicide.
PLAN TO HARVEST: Fungicide Application -Work to Preserve Plant Moisture
Because tar spot can develop as early as the third or fourth leaf stage, Whitlow says field scouting is especially important in determining when the corn crop should be harvested.
PLAN TO FEED OUT: A Healthy Crop Means Stepped-Up Palatability
Hockel says the decision to apply fungicide to corn is a win-win when it comes to feedout. While needs are different for every farmer, the win comes in both
