RYEGATE- The Scotch Burn Farm is covering one of their corn bunks. The whole point of covering the corn is so it can later be used for feed. The process includes covering the compacted feed that has been dumped in the bunk so that it can ferment into silage. It’s important to make sure when pulling the plastic up on the pile that it’s tight to the concrete wall, then you put old tires on top of the plastic to hold it down to decrease the amount of oxygen that is in the bunk/feed. When all the edges are held down with tires and there is a good spread of tires in the middle, eventually there are enough weight on the plastic to hold it down. This helps with the quality, and decreases the amount of spoilage in the feed. Having a large quantity of high quality feed for cows is crucial to making milk.
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Covering Bunk
October 13, 2023
Justin Boyce and Owen Murray are seen here throwing tires on the plastic. Fremont Nelson is in the background bringing up another bucket of tires. 10/11/23
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Derek VanNamee, BNN Staff
Derek VanNAmee is a Junior this year at BMU and has been going to BMU since pre-school. This is his second year working with BNN. Derek enjoys working on Ethan Nelson's dairy farm in Ryegate, VT. He milks cows, is one of the equipment operators, and does other things around the farm. Derek enjoys a number of outdoor activities such as hunting deer and turkeys, fishing, and snowmobiling. He also enjoys working on antique tractors which he sometimes enters in pulling competitions.