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Nov. 10, 2016
E-Newsletter An update from Manitoba Beef Producers
Information for producers with flooded/inaccesible corn A number of producers throughout the province are experiencing excess moisture conditions that are preventing them harvesting their corn crop for feed and/or preventing their cattle from grazing the corn. Manitoba Beef Producers has been in touch with Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) seeking clarification about the adjusting process and to see what can be done for producers in this situation. The following was provided by MASC to MBP:
Normal Adjusting Process
it was used for an alternate feed source. MASC considered numerous Under normal circumthings such as grain corn stances if a producer was and grazing feed values considering either grazing verses actual silage, as his silage corn or harwell as wastage when it vesting it for grain, MASC 2016 Adjusting was used for grazing. would complete a field Process As a result, it was agreed appraisal by weighing a In 2008, MASC implethat if a producers was representative sample to mented an adjusting going to harvest the corn determine the potential process for silage corn to as grain or if he was going wet tonnage and they deal extremely wet conto graze the field, MASC would also obtain a sam- ditions whereby producwould adjust and sample ple to be sent away for a ers are unable to silage the field in accordance moisture and TDN test. their corn during the with its regular adjusting Producers are not subject optimum silage period. It procedures, but it would to a coverage reduction was recognized that while apply a 50% factor to the under this scenario. silaging was no longer a appraisal, thus reducing it If a producer had a viable option, there was continued from Page 1 poor silage crop and was still value in the corn if
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wanting to destroy it, the same appraisal process above would apply, however, the coverage would be reduced by 15%.
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