Best Management Practices for Harvesting Corn Silage with Dr. Juan Romero

Maine Farmcast

On this episode of the Maine Farmcast, Dr. Glenda Pereira and Dr. Colt Knight have a conversation with University of Maine professor Dr. Juan Romero about best management practices for harvesting corn silage. Dr. Romero is an Associate Professor of Animal Nutrition and conducts research on: forage quality and conservation, ruminant nutrition, and PFAS. He also teaches forage science and range management as well as animal nutrition within the School of Food and Agriculture. You can reach him at [email protected] or 207.581.2925.

Learn more about Dr. Juan Romero and his lab:

https://umaine.edu/animal-pfas/

To learn more about the research Dr. Romero conducted with inoculant Lactobacillus buchneri:

https://m.jtmtg.org/abs/t/64681

To learn more about Forage Conservation: Troubleshooting Hay and Silage Production:

https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/forage-conservation-troubleshooting-hay-and-silage-production

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