This corn hybrid evaluation for silage production is a producer driven collaboration between the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) and Penn State. The objective of the program is to evaluate corn hybrids to provide unbiased information to producers and the seed industry on yield performance and forage quality of corn hybrids for silage production in Pennsylvania. Test plot locations are chosen within Pennsylvania's four growing zones, which are short, mid, and late. Maturities across these zones range from 86 to 118 days relative maturity. Plots in eight sites throughout the state were harvested for testing this year. For convenience, results are accessible below in both Excel spreadsheet and PDF formats. This report summarizes the 2024 results.
2024 RESULTS
Short-season Area
- Short-season Hybrids - Bradford county (Canton) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
- Short-season Hybrids- Centre county (Rock Springs) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
- Short-season Hybrids - Clinton county (Loganton) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
- Combined Short-season Silage Data [ Excel spreadsheet] [ PDF version ]
Mid-season Area
- Mid-season Hybrids - Blair county (Williamsburg) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
- Mid-season Hybrids - Centre county (Rock Springs) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
Mid-season Hybrids - Juniata county (Port Royal) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]*Discarded due to poor emergence- Combined Mid-season Silage Data - Central PA [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
Late-season Area
- Late-season Hybrids - Chester county (West Grove) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
Late-season Hybrids - Juniata county (Port Royal) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]*Discarded due to poor emergence- Late-season Hybrids - Lancaster county (Landisville) [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]
- Combined Late-season Silage Data [ Excel spreadsheet ] [ PDF version ]