ABOUT US

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B e t t e r  T h a n  B M R

Brown MidRib dent corn was initially discovered in 1924 at the University of Minnesota- St. Paul, as a recessive gene trait. When corn silage became a larger part of dairy diets in the 1980’s and 1990’s, BMR corn was brought into the market for silage. Since then it has become synonymous for high quality silage and many progressive farmers use it in their cow’s diets.

But for all its feeding benefits, BMR still makes up a small percentage of the corn chopped for silage each year. That is because it also has agronomic and starch quality challenges.

But, what if we could have better quality silage than BMR without its agronomic and low starch issues?

For the past 4 years we have been working to develop a program to do just that. By matching unique corn hybrids to our growing system, we have grown corn silage with fiber digestibility as good or better than BMR. We have improved starch content by up to 8%, and we have eliminated lodging issues associated with BMR hybrids. We have improved drought tolerance, reduced the need for insect traits and the need for expensive fungicide applications.

Jim Paulson

R e s e a r c h   D i r e c t o r

Daniel Olson

P r o g r a m   C o o r d i n a t o r

Our forage experts have hundreds of combined years in the forage business, have provided seed annually to farmers who collectively milk 100’s of thousands of cows, and we have never been more excited about a forage program than this. We realize that the dairy industry is in a critical time and that farmers will need to find ways to be profitable by increasing production while decreasing costs. “Better than BMR” can make a real difference for many dairy farmers and we look forward to helping your farm become more successful this coming year!