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  1. Pricing Drought-Stressed and Immature Corn for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-4/pricing-drought-stressed-and-immature-corn-silage

    normal corn silage would be reasonable.  Test drought-stressed corn silage for nitrate levels before ... silage (very early milk stage) CP   10 to 11%                     (about 2 or 3 units higher than normal) ... NDF 50 to 55%                    (about 10 units higher than normal) Starch 15 to 20%                  ...

  2. What is the Nutrient Value of Wheat Straw?

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2019-21/what-nutrient-value-wheat-straw

    “mineralization”). Once the nitrogen is in the ammonium and/or nitrate form, it is available for plant uptake. The rate of ... P 2 O 5, and 20 pounds of K 2 O. The nitrogen in wheat straw will not immediately be available for plant ... uptake. The nitrogen will need to be converted by microorganisms to ammonium and nitrate (a process called ...

  3. Nutrient Value of Wheat Straw

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/22-2021/nutrient-value-wheat-straw

    process called “mineralization”). Once the nitrogen is in the ammonium or nitrate form, it is available ... of P 2 O 5, and 20 pounds of K 2 O. The nitrogen in wheat straw will not immediately be available for ... plant uptake. The nitrogen will need to be converted by microorganisms to ammonium and nitrate (a ...

  4. Jack Frost Will Bite Soon- Precautions for Feeding Frosted Forages

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2021-36/jack-frost-will-bite-soon-precautions-feeding-frosted-forages

    or the leaves of coarse-stemmed forages if the nitrate levels in these plant parts is safe. Monitor ... nitrate levels drop significantly 3 to 5 days after sufficient rainfall, but it is always safer to send in ... not reduce nitrate levels in the forage, but the hay can be tested and diluted sufficiently with other ...

  5. Drought Stressed Corn as Silage

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/drought-stressed-corn-silage

    most frequent questions about using drought stressed corn for corn silage revolve around nitrate ... portion of the stalk having the highest concentration of nitrates.  High and potentially toxic levels of ... nitrate levels are high, raising the chopping height to 10-12 inches can be helpful, but obviously tonnage ...

  6. C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2008-28

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletters/2008/28

    plant growth slows. As a result, the carbohydrate levels available for the developing ear are ... soil conditions across Ohio have raised questions concerning the potential for toxic levels of nitrates ... conditions improve, the conversion process accelerates and within a few days nitrate levels in the plant ...

  7. Nutrient Value of Wheat Straw

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2014-21/nutrient-value-wheat-straw

    With wheat harvest underway, we often get questions about the nutrient value of straw.  The ... available for plant uptake.  The nitrogen will need to be converted by microorganisms to ammonium and ... nitrate (a process called “mineralization”).  Once the nitrogen is in the ammonium and/or nitrate form, it ...

  8. Nutrient Value of Wheat Straw

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/nutrient-value-wheat-straw

    nitrate form, it is available for plant uptake.  The rate of which mineralization occurs depends on the ... Wheat harvest will soon be underway; we often get questions about the nutrient value of straw.  ... immediately be available for plant uptake.  The nitrogen will need to be converted by microorganisms to ...

  9. Supplemental Forages to Plant in July After Wheat

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2022-20/supplemental-forages-plant-july-after-wheat

    nitrogen to maximize yield potential, either as fertilizer or manure (about 60 lbs of actual available ... cows; however, conventional varieties are okay if BMR seed is not available. Can produce 3-4 tons of dry ... matter/acre. Potential high nitrates under drought conditions. Risk of prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide gas) if ...

  10. Making Corn Silage in Dry Conditions

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-28/making-corn-silage-dry-conditions

    shrink by 2 percentage units has a value of about $2/ton. Homolactic inoculants (these are the ‘standard ... drought-stressed corn.   Check for nitrates.   Drought-stressed corn plants can accumulate nitrates which are toxic ... Ideally, corn plants should be sampled and assayed for nitrates prior to chopping (most labs offer very ...

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