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Re: Emergency Forage
Several years ago, here in NY, in a season when it rained through both May
and June, we planted tests with corn, sudan, sudangrass and millets.
Comparisons were planted at about 10 day intervals, or as near as we could
approach that, given the weather. Corn came out the winner in dry matter
yields for a one cut, silage harvest, in every comparison right up to July
14. Yields went down the later we got, as you'd expect. July 1 corn silage
yields were about half of late May yields. But everything else was also
lower. Corn planted after about June 15 won't put much, if any, grain in
the silage. But neither will sudans, sorghums, etc. Foxtail millets might
form some grain, but forage yields are low (Japanese millet can provide
more forage than foxtails, if the weather doesn't turn too dry. See Tom
Kilcer's note). For later planting, after July 14, oats have worked best
(See also Tom Kilcer's response). My suggestion, based on our experience,
would be that corn is still this farmer's best choice, and will give him
the most fodder for his silos. Bill Pardee, Plant Breeding, Cornell
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