Custom silage and forage harvesting brings a self-propelled forage harvester, and often the trucks and packing tractors, to chop standing corn, sorghum, small grain, or wilted haylage and blow it straight into trucks bound for the bunker, pile, or bag. It is the highest-capacity way to put up feed and the backbone of dairy and beef forage programs.
Chop quality decides feed quality. Operators set chop length and, for corn silage, kernel processing to the crop and ration, and target the moisture window that ferments and packs well. Late-model choppers with processors and moisture monitoring, run in step with good packing, are what turn a standing crop into stable, high-energy feed.
Typically priced by the ton, the hour, or the acre depending on crop and setup. Book chopping on its own or with trucking and packing support.
