Staging Silage After A Wet Summer

In this episode of Pioneering Wisconsin’s Ag Future, hosts Alex Weldon and Aricka Wech sit down with Bill Mahanna, Pioneer’s Global Nutritional Science Lead, to dig into the challenges and opportunities of the 2025 corn silage harvest.Bill shares practical strategies for harvest timing, high chopping, bunker management, and inoculant use, while also offering insights on fermentation, dry matter losses, and the importance of working closely with your nutritionist this fall. Listen for tips on 👉 ✔️ When to harvest for maximum starch✔️ High chopping & chop length strategies✔️ Preventing dry matter loss & heating✔️ Using inoculants to preserve feed qualityThis episode is packed with timely, actionable advice to help Wisconsin dairy farmers prepare for silage harvest. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.