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C orn silage represents excellent feed with high energy, dry matter yield, and quality for dairy and meat production that can be stored and used when forage production is low to maintain a relatively constant amount of forage along the year. Since the whole plant is harvested, ear and stover contribute to the final forage dry matter yield. Therefore, both components must be considered in a corn silage breeding program. In many temperate maize production regions, the recommended genotypes for silage have tended to be commercial hybrids selected just for grain production that additionally showed high forage yield. Few maize breeding programs develop hybrids specifically bred for silage production as a primary goal.

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