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Description: When corn is sufficiently dry, blades on this combine cut the stalks about 12 inches above ground, and the combine removes the ears from the stalks, leaves and husks. Rollers shell the corn kernels from the cobs, an auger moves the grain into the holding hopper, and the fodder and cobs are conveyed out the rear onto the ground. The shredded corn stalks usually are left on the ground to improve soil organic matter. Beef cattle may be allowed to forage these fields for missed corn ears as well as the fodder. Occasionally, the corn fodder is windrowed and baled for animal bedding. When corn must be harvested while it is still too moist for dry storage, the moisture content may be reduced by a grain dryer that blows warm air through the corn kernels. Corn also may be combined purposely when the grain has high moisture content (e.g., NAL #4947), and the high moisture corn grain is preserved in silos similarly to corn silage. High moisture corn is an alternative to dry grain for cattle feeds.

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