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A No-till corn field. getty. Most of the corn grown in the US has been improved using biotechnology to provide protection from insect damage and/or herbicide tolerance. ... Corn for Silage ...

As dairy farmers instituted cover cropping to reduce nutrient runoff from their silage corn fields, they would adopt genetically engineered (GE) corn seed plus the herbicide Roundup, ... no-till ...

Damaged corn can be harvested as either whole-plant silage or green chop, but, either way, growers and livestock producers need to be aware of how it can affect feed quality and animal health.

Farmers using no-till production -- in which soil never or rarely is plowed or disturbed -- can reduce herbicide use and still maintain crop yields by implementing integrated weed-management ...

A few moisture percentage points one way or the other can have a big impact on silage value. "A rule of thumb is that silage is worth nine to 10 times the price of a bushel of corn," Hendrix said.