Silage Quality - From Pricing to Feed Behavior - Matt Lippert

When corn silage sells, the grower and dairy producer each assign values based on different goals. Both like the
agreement to be simple and understandable. Have we based these agreements too much on the grain value in the
past? Where does fiber digestibility fit into value calculations?
Forage quality goes beyond intake and production, and also modulates feeding behavior patterns. The rest of the
presentation will share recent research updates on this topic and connect forage, feedbunk management and
animal response. Presenters for this session are: Luiz Ferraretto, Assistant Professor and Extension
Specialist-Ruminant Nutrition, and Matt Lippert, Agricultural Extension Educator Clark & Wood Counties.