Farmers can follow these steps to document the necessary estimates for their CFAP applications
Converting Silage Crops to Dry Grain Equivalents for CFAP Payments
Corn silage, oatlage, soybean silage, and grain sorghum harvested as forage stored in upright silos, drive over piles, bunker silos, and silo bags (or other storage) must be converted to dry grain equivalents. UW-Madison, Division of Extension spreadsheets, calculators, and videos to assist farmers with CFAP calculations and conversions are at: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/extension/cfap-resources-for-wi/
Corn silage is converted to 7.94 bushels of dry grain per ton of silage at 65% moisture
Oatlage is converted to 4.08 bushels of dry grain per ton of silage at 65% moisture.
Soybean silage is converted to 5.00 bushels of dry grain per ton of silage at 65% moisture
Grain Sorghum harvested as silage converts to 5.56 bushels of dry grain per ton of silage at 65% moisture
Silos: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/2020/06/02/determining-the-tons-of-silage-in-upright-silos-for-cfap/
Drive Over Piles: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/2020/06/02/determining-the-tons-of-silage-in-piles-for-cfap/
Bunkers: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/2020/06/02/determining-the-tons-of-silage-in-bunker-silos-for-cfap/
Silo Bags: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/2020/06/02/determining-the-tons-of-silage-in-silo-bags-for-cfap/
Converting High Moisture Grain Crops to Dry Grain Equivalents for CFAP Payments
High moisture shell corn, high moisture ear corn, snaplage/earlage can be converted to dry grain equivalents using spreadsheets at: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/extension/cfap-resources-for-wi/
Leave a Reply