Corn harvest hits high gear.

From: Portales News-Tribune (Portales, NM) | Date: September 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Casey Peacock

Sep. 7--Corn harvest is in full swing in Roosevelt County but the city-dweller's notion of a corn harvest involving picking the ears of corn or shelling the kernels doesn't hold true here in dairy country. According to dairy specialists most of the corn grown in eastern New Mexico is used as silage, a relatively fine chopping of most of the plant. Wheat and sorghum are also used as silage and some wheat is used as hay.

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