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Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 2000—Page
Interdisciplinary Research To
Improve Quality Corn Silage
(Continuod from Pag* 26)
studying processing tech
niques and the effects of pro
cessing on feed value and
storability of silage. The feed
quality of silage depends on
how it is prepared. Kernel
processing involves running
the corn through corrugated
steel rollers on a field
chopper. This crushes the
kernels and breaks up the cob
slices, which, if left whole, are
less preferred by the cows.
Crushing also increases the
starch digestibility of the
silage and makes it a more
uniform feed.
Funded by the USDA’s
Special Grants-Pennsylvania
Dairy Profitability program,
Buckmaster’s former gradu
ate student Larry Hoover
studied the interactions and
effects of different lengths of
silage cut, levels of process
ing, and moisture contents on
particle size, silage compac
tion, and digestibility.
Hoover documented a reduc
tion in particle size by pro
cessing and found that long
chopped silage packs well if it
is processed before ensiling.
Buckmaster, Ph.D. candi
date Min Zhang, and Glen
Cauffman, manager of the
University’s farm operations,
are developing a new silage
harvesting machine that har
vests corn silage much differ-
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PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC, INC
NCGA Makes Fuel
Bruce Knight
NCGA Vice President
Public Policy
The National Corn
Growers Association
(NCGA) and its 30,000 far
mer-members applaud Sens.
Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and
Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) for
their efforts to address the
environmental and health
risks posed by methyl tertiary
butyl ether (MTBE) and to
promote the use of domesti
cally produced, renewable
fuels such as ethanol.
However, we are con
cerned about their proposal
to waive the Clean Air Act’s
oxygen content requirement
for federal reformulated gas
oline (RFC).
Instead, the nation’s corn
growers prefer the approach
taken in H.R. 4011, the Clean
Air and Water Preservation
Act of 2000. This bill, and a
companion measure expected
to be introduced in the Senate
by Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.),
would ban MTBE but main
tain the oxygenate require-
ently than a conventional
precision-cut harvester. Their
hope is that this machine will
maximize the nutritional
value and use of each part
(grain, fodder, and cob) of the
corn plant.
The team will then use a
whole-farm model to evalu
ate silage processed by the
new machine and to deter
mine its effect on milk pro
duction and farm
profitability.
“The benefit to the farmer
hopefully will be increased
profitability through in
creased utilization of corn
silage,” said Buckmaster. He
also hopes that the new ma
chine will be mechanically
simpler and less expensive
than present technology.
Roth believes the interdis
ciplinary research on silage
hybrids has benefited Penn
sylvania farmers by creating
an awareness of the potential
to produce better corn silage.
“Producers now recognize
that silage quality can im
prove herd health, milk pro
duction, and their bottom
line. With a reasonable
amount of attention to man
agement, we can significantly
increase the feed quality and
improve the profitability of
these operations.”
Roth may be reached at
gwr@psu.edu or (814) 863-
1018.
Act Statement
ment and give refiners
additional flexibility in pro
ducing RFG. We believe that
this is the best option for both
farmers and the environ
ment.
The use of oxygen in RFG
is responsible for major air
quality improvements in
many of the nation’s most
polluted cities. Ethanol,
made from corn and other re
newable sources, provides
these clean air benefits with
out the water pollution prob
lems posed by petroleum
based MTBE. Given the
ready availability of ethanol
as an alternative to MTBE,
we see no reason to abandon
the oxygenate requirement.
While we support the sena
tors’ vision of a national re
newable fuel standard for all
gasoline, we question its po
litical feasibility at this point
in time. Thus, without as
surances that such a standard
will be enacted, we are hesi
tant to abandon the oxygen
ate requirement a proven
successful approach that’s al
ready on the books.
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