Abstract:In order to study the effect of stubble height on the nutritional quality of whole plant maize, effectively promote the rapid development of herbivorous animal husbandry and increase the yield and efficiency of farmers, two widely planted forage maize varieties, xianyu 1710 and jingjiu 16, were selected as test materials, at the waxripening stage, 1cm 10cm and 20cm stubble height were selected from the ground to determine the yield and conventional nutrient content. The results showed that the fresh matter yield, crude protein, crude starch and crude ash contents of the two maize varieties increased after stubble height increased from 1 cm to 20 cm, the contents of dry matter, acid detergent fiber and neutral detergent fiber were decreased. Therefore, increasing stubble height can increase the contents of crude protein, crude starch, crude ash of the whole plant, but reduce the contents dry matter, acid washing fiber, neutral washing fiber.