Some farmers are considering harvesting corn for silage or baleage because of drought conditions.

University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter says in the driest areas, corn has only grown to about three feet tall with few if any ears on the plant.

He tells Brownfield that corn can be chopped for silage if harvest moisture is greater than 55 percent.

“And that (also) depends on the method of storing that corn silage.

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