On Sept. 30th a stover harvest was done at Kaminski Farms in Three Oaks, MI. Leading the three-year study is Dennis Pennington of Michigan State University and he operated the drone and spliced video to make this film. New Holland Rochester provided the Cornrower and New Holland NA provided use of the CR6.90 combine for this study. Dave and Linda Kaminski and their son Aaron deserve a huge ‘THANKS’ for providing help and field opportunity for this effort. The Kaminski’s raise Angus cattle and will wrap the stover for evaluation later.
The Cornrower provides dirt and rock free windrows of chopped stover concurrent with the corn grain harvest. This video clearly shows the opportunity to quickly harvest clean stover as the New Holland round baler was packaging the stover right after the windrows were made, thereby capturing the moisture in the stover for ensiling the material. With chopping happening in the windrow process this material can easily be used for feed or bedding without further processing.
Results of the MSU effort will benefit all growers of corn as well as end users such as the Kaminskis and we are happy to be able to participate in tis effort.