Picking a corn hybrid to grow for silage can be a daunting task. There are several factors to be considered that differ from simply looking at yield and moisture, as we would tend to do with grain corn. 

This hybrid has us really excited. Yield results from our plots this year have shown that it has an edge on A6455G8 (+13 bu) and A6585G8 yield wise (+7.4 bu) and it has proven to be a strong silage hybrid as well in our commercial plots this year!

More and more western Canadian farmers are giving silage and grazing corn a try thanks to new shorter season hybrids that offer impressive yield – as much as 50% more silage yield than barley – as well as palatability and excellent digestibility. 

Seed corn kernels can come in a variety of sizes and shapes ranging from either large rounds (kernels from the base of the ear), flats (from the center of the ear), and small rounds (from the tip of the ear).