http://corncommentary.com/2009/07/30/dont-waste-your-corn-cobs/ A blog about family farmers, America's corn growers Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:46:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://corncommentary.com/2009/07/30/dont-waste-your-corn-cobs/comment-page-1/#comment-3106 Ed Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:29:15 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/?p=2023#comment-3106 Seed corn cobs are an excellent feedstock. Cobs are harvested early, dried with uniform moisture and quality. Cobs in NE make excellent feed rations with Ethanol By-products for feedlot cattle. Combines harvesting commercial corn is a possibility, but with the late fall harvest, timing is everything. USDA FSA has a program that pays for cobs to a certified processor. That program is $ for $ payments. Cobs can even processed into fertilizer, biofuels, plastics, furfural, used for mulching and production of mushrooms. There is much discussion of removing biomass from the land due to water and soil conservation and value of organic matter residues. Seed corn cobs are an excellent feedstock. Cobs are harvested early, dried with uniform moisture and quality. Cobs in NE make excellent feed rations with Ethanol By-products for feedlot cattle. Combines harvesting commercial corn is a possibility, but with the late fall harvest, timing is everything. USDA FSA has a program that pays for cobs to a certified processor. That program is $ for $ payments. Cobs can even processed into fertilizer, biofuels, plastics, furfural, used for mulching and production of mushrooms. There is much discussion of removing biomass from the land due to water and soil conservation and value of organic matter residues.

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