4th October 2023
When to harvest? It’s a crucial question to which there is a definitive answer: when the maize is at 32-35% dry matter. If the dry matter percentage is lower than this then the maize will loose nutrients in effluent. (The nutritional value of immature maize is in any case sub-optimal , the starch content being not yet fully realised). On the other hand, if the dry matter percentage is too high then the maize is harder to chop and harder to consolidate and seal anaerobically in the clamp. This could be a real possibility with some 2023 crops effected by the early drought conditions.
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