The information presented in the following tables is intended to help producers select corn hybrids that produce large yields of high quality silage. Consistently high yields over several locations and years reliably show a hybrid's ability to produce top yields. Primary quality factors are the proportion of grain and the digestibility of the grain and non-grain portions of the hybrid.
Hybrids differ in the proportion of grain they produce.
In the past, it was accepted that a hybrid with the highest proportion of grain made the highest quality silage. Research has shown that, many times, this is not true. Quality factors taken from the replicated silage trial at Tifton. Tifton loamy sand. Test conducted by A. E. Coy and M. D. Pippin.