Cultivation

Corn Silage

Zea mays L.

Corn is the gold-standard crop for ensiling due to its high sugar content, which ensures efficient lactic acid fermentation at a moisture level of 65–75%. The haylage technology involving wilting is not standard for corn and is not applied in widespread practice.

In the reference 2 332 varieties crop Maize, where this is mentioned in the description.

Corn is classified as an easy-to-ensile crop due to its optimal content of water-soluble carbohydrates, which are necessary for fermentation. The silage harvesting process assumes no preliminary wilting of the plant mass. The optimal moisture content of the raw material when harvested at the milk-dough and dough stages of grain maturity is 65–75%.

Due to its high energy value and sugar concentration, corn silage is prone to aerobic spoilage upon exposure to oxygen, which requires strict adherence to compaction and sealing technologies. Unlike forage grasses, corn is not intended for classical haylage, which requires wilting to a moisture content of 45–55%, as this reduces the efficiency of feed production.

General information about the subject — on the page Silage and haylage.

Sources8

Varieties of Maize mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

KWS Burito

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Rainer Leipert

4 records

Kros 287M steryl`na

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

3 records

Kros 251M

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

3 records

Kros 242M steryl`na

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

3 records

KW 9EY0069

Terminated

Zea mays L. · Maize

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

3 records

KW 4H1043

Application submitted

Zea mays L. · Maize

LEIPERT RAINER

3 records

Kros 461M

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Kupar Ivan Mykhailovych, Haidash Oleksandr Leonidovych, Fedko Mykola Mykolaiovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

3 records

Kros 411 M steryl`na

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Borysov Viktor Mykolaiovych, Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

2 records

Keyannis

Terminated

Zea mays L. · Maize

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

2 records

Krasyliv 327 MV

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Hontarovs`kyi Viacheslav Afanasiiovych, Halechko Ivan Dmytrovych, Fedko Mykola Mykolaiovych, Bodenko Natalia Anatoliivna, Ilchenko Larysa Anatoliivna, Olizko Oleksii Petrovych, Borysov Viktor Mykolaiovych, Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUr

3 records

Konkurent

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Rogacki Janusz s. Francsszka, Poslednik Wladyslaw s. Jana, Adamczyk Krystyna, s. Stanislawa, Czajczynski Jozef s. Czeslawa, Cygert Henryk s. Jana, Adamczyk Jozef s. Jozefa,

3 records

Kneja 511

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

S. Valchinkov, A. Popov, K. Angelov, P. Petrov, K. Vasileva

3 records

Kiribanga

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Saatzucht Gleisdorf

2 records

Kitsmans`kyi 215 SV

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Mykuliak Ivan Stepanovych, Chernomyz Anatolii Mykolaiovych, Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IUriiovych, Dziubetskyi Borys Volodymyrovych,

3 records

Iziaslav 220 MV

Active

Zea mays L. · Maize

Lebid` IEvhen Makarovych, Voskoboinyk Oleksandr Vasyl`ovych, Nehoda Tetiana Volodymyrivna, Marochko Valentyna Anatoliivna, Moroz Volodymyr Vasyl`ovych, Olizko Oleksii Petrovych, Borysov Viktor Mykolaiovych, Antoniuk Serhii Petrovych, Cherchel Vladyslav IU

3 records