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Options for Wind Damaged Corn: Grazing and Baling Forage

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Video Podcast: Options for Wind-Damaged Corn: Grazing and Baling Forage

With the widespread damage from the recent derecho, producers may be looking for options to salvage value from damaged or destroyed corn fields. Field Ag Engineer, Kristina TeBockhorst, considers the options of grazing cattle and baling dry forage with Beef Specialist Russ Euken. The podcast details how to graze damaged corn fields, including insurance questions, infrastructure needs, and sizing grazing strips. Good practices for baling dry forage are also described. Additional information can be found in a recently developed fact sheet located on the Iowa Beef Center website: http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/information/GrazingDownCorn.pdf.