Corn silage quality starts in the field and is defined at the moment of harvest. Dry matter, starch, fibre and other nutritional parameters can vary significantly within the same field and between different fields. For this reason, traceability is essential to understand not only how much corn silage has been harvested, but also the real quality of the material entering the bunker silo.
Dinamica Generale technologies make it possible to connect real-time NIR analysis, weighing data, GPS information and storage management, creating a complete traceability path from the forage harvester to the bunker silo and, finally, to the feeding process.
By connecting quality, quantity, origin and destination, every load of corn silage can become part of a documented and measurable data chain.
The first step in corn silage traceability begins during chopping.
EVONIR continuously analyses the crop flow directly on the forage harvester during harvest. This allows operators to monitor the actual nutritional composition of the corn silage directly in the field, without waiting for laboratory results after storage.
Depending on the crop and calibration, EVONIR can measure key parameters such as:
This information gives farmers, contractors and nutritionists a real-time view of crop variability during harvest. Instead of treating the entire field as a uniform mass, farmers can evaluate each harvested area according to its actual quality.
This is particularly important for corn silage, where dry matter and starch content strongly influence fermentation, storage management and feeding value.
To build a complete traceability system, quality data must be connected with quantity data.
Dinamica Generale provides weighing sensors for forage trailers, allowing farms to measure the quantity of corn silage collected from each field or field zone. This makes it possible to connect harvested weight with EVONIR quality data and obtain a more complete picture of both yield and nutritional value.
Each load can be associated with a digital record including:
When trailer weighing is not available, Dinamica Generale systems can also collect weight data from the farm weighbridge. In this case, the forage wagon or truck is weighed at the farm entrance or before bunker filling, and the recorded weight becomes part of the traceability chain.
This ensures that harvested quantity remains connected to the load, even when the weighing point is located at the farm rather than directly on the trailer.
The result is not just a yield map, but a quality-based yield record, where every load is documented by both weight and nutritional value.
After chopping, corn silage is transported from the forage harvester to the bunker silo by forage wagons, trailers or trucks. This transfer phase is critical because quality information can easily be lost if the load is not properly identified.
Dinamica Generale technologies help maintain the connection between the harvested material and its data.
Each load can be linked to:
This creates a continuous traceability path from the field to storage. The farm can know exactly which material entered each bunker silo, where it came from, how much was harvested and what its quality profile was at harvest.
This information is valuable both during harvest operations and later, when the silage is used in the ration.
One of the main advantages of corn silage traceability is the ability to organise bunker silo storage according to quality.
By combining real-time NIR analysis, weighing data and GPS information, each load can be classified based on parameters such as dry matter, starch and fibre. This allows the farm to decide where to store the silage and how to manage different bunker areas according to the actual characteristics of the harvested material.
Corn silage can be managed according to:
This helps farmers and nutritionists make better decisions when opening the bunker and using the silage in feeding. Instead of discovering quality differences only after fermentation or during ration preparation, the farm already has a documented quality profile from harvest.
Quality-based storage supports more consistent feeding, better ration planning and more efficient use of available forage.
Corn silage traceability does not stop at the bunker silo.
As one of the main ingredients in dairy rations, corn silage quality directly affects feeding accuracy, ration consistency and animal performance. By knowing the quality of the silage stored in each bunker – including dry matter, starch and fibre – nutritionists can formulate more accurate rations, while farmers can manage daily feeding with greater control.
When connected to DTM – Daily TMR Manager, harvest data becomes part of a broader precision feeding strategy.
This supports:
In this way, data collected during corn silage harvest becomes useful far beyond the field. It supports storage decisions, ration management, feed efficiency and overall farm performance.
Corn silage traceability requires the ability to connect field data, machine data, quality analysis, weight information and storage decisions.
Dinamica Generale supports this process through complementary technologies:
By combining NIR analysis, weighing and digital data management, every load of corn silage can be traced from harvest to storage and from storage to the feed mixer.
For Dinamica Generale, corn silage traceability means turning harvest into a strategic data source, connecting field, bunker silo and feed mixer. By improving forage use and feeding accuracy, it supports higher-quality milk and dairy products, better feed efficiency and lower emissions.
From field to feed, every load carries valuable information.
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