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OCTOBER 2015 SEEDWORLD.COM 51 Batco Belt Conveyors minimize impact damage protecting the grade quality and germination performance of your delicate seed. Batco manufactures Long Conveyors and Field Loaders as well as Low Profile Transfers Pit Stops and custom conveyor options. Handling whats important. 877.667.7421 batcomfg.com MINIMUM DAMAGE MAXIMUM GERMINATION Large ears with kernels that are large and composed of softer slower drying lower test weight starch. Slow kernel maturation and dry down along with slow total plant drying. He launched the first leafy hybrid to the com- mercial market in 1992. Today about 20 percent of the silage acres planted in the United States use genetics from Glenn Seed. Success in a Niche Market He saw a niche that needed to be filled as well as an excellent market opportunity. Nobody was developing a product for silage at that time so I decided to specialize in it explains Glenn. The extra leafy corn that he developed pro- duced more tonnage of silage and contained a softer starch that was more readily digested by dairy cows enhancing its feed value. With the leafy product we offered a corn silage variety that had been selected for and met the requirements of silage producers much better than any grain corn would says Glenn who fol- lowed this up with floury leafy varieties that have enhanced levels of readily digestible starch. Compared to dual purpose corn Glenns leafy silage corn has more leaves above the ear and the ear is actually positioned lower on the stalk. Glenn explains that the below portion of the stalk must be heavily lignified to support the weight of the ear so lowering the ear increases the digestibility of the fiber content of the plant. Glenn collaborates closely with rumen nutrition experts to better understand how corn breeding can improve feed utilization by dairy cows. For example the smaller size of the processed kernel pieces and lower density of the floury kernels in his leafy floury varieties enable the corn to stay in the rumen longer and be digested into more micro- bial protein. Almost all of the rest of corn breeding being done is for grain as the end product Glenn says. The grain trade is all about having kernels that can travel long distances with multiple handlings and arrive intact without any breakage. The grain trade is all about having kernels that can travel long distances with multiple handlings and arrive intact without any breakage. Thats a product that is really quite indigestible for animals. Francis Glenn