 Corn
Silage ReportThe Effect of
Monty’s Plant Food on Corn Silage Production
Stutzman’s Research Farm
9973 Canaseraga Rd.
Arkport, NY 14807
Ron Stutzman Research Agronomist
Objective:
To determine the effects of Monty’s Plant Food on silage yield and
potential milk produced per acre.
Materials and Methods:
The research trial was set up in a randomized block design with three
replications for each treatment, and the three treatments were; Monty’s
Plant Food, Liquid Products and Control (no starter). The Liquid Products
starter is a material often used in New York State corn production. The
trial was planted into Scio silty loam soil with a pH 6.6. The size of the
plot for each treatment was 15 by 60 feet. Each treatment was planted on
May 10, 2004 with a John Deere 7240 (6 row) zone till planter with each
starter fertilizer treatment being applied over top of the seed. The
application rate of Monty’s 4-15-12 was 24 oz. per acre and Liquid
Products 9-18-12 was 5 gallons per acre. Monty’s 8-16-8 was applied foliar
just prior to taseling with a hand held four foot sprayer boom at a rate
of 16 oz. per acre. UAN at 13 gallons was dribbled on behind the two
outside coulters of the planter. The rest of the nitrogen and potassium
were surface applied prior to planting over all treatments to meet the
nutrient requirements for 150 bushel yield. The plant population was 28000
per acre and the herbicide used was Lumax by Syngenta Chemicals. The trial
was harvested by hand (the center two rows of 1/1000 of an acre) on
September 27, 2004. The sample for forage analysis was thoroughly mixed
and placed in a cold ice chest to reduce respiration, it was than frozen
and delivered to the Dairy One Laboratory at Ithaca NEW York for analysis.
Results and Discussion
It was determined that there was no significant difference for adjusted
32% dry matter yield between the two starter fertilizers, but the Monty’s
4-15-12 had a .5 ton per acre edge over the LP starter. There was a
significant difference between Monty’s 4-15-12 with a 3.5 ton advantage
over the control (no starter). There was no significant difference between treatments for pounds of milk
per acre, but Monty’s starter held a slight advantage over the control by
2900 pounds.
Acknowledgment
Thanks to Dr. Randal Simonson of TSM Services of Catlin, Illinois for
running the analysis of variance.
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