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Crop residue samples from 22 grazed and nongrazed corn and sorghum residue fields across Kansas were collected every 2 weeks during the 1997/98 winter feeding season to evaluate quality and yield. Corn residue averaged about 2 ½ tons of total dry matter (DM)/acre, with the leaf fraction (attached and unattached) constituting about 60% of that residue. Unattached leaves represented 85% of the total leaf DM. Yield estimates for sorghum residue averaged over 2 tons/ acre. The stem component represented 55 to 60% of the total DM collected, and about 58% of the leaves remained attached to the stem.
Keywords: Cattlemen's Day, 1999, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 99-339-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 831, Beef, Crop residues, Forage quality
How to Cite: Taylor, R. , Kilgore, G. L. , Higgins, J. J. , Blasi, D. A. & Duncan, S. R. (1999) “Nutritional evaluation of corn and sorghum crop residues”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.1870