ALTHOUGH several investigators have studied the micro-organisms present in silage, the various types of organisms and the number of each found in different qualities of silage are rarely given.
Excessively wet silage (>70% moisture) usually results in fermentation dominated by undesirable butyric acid-forming bacteria, the loss of large volumes of highly digestible nutrients through seepage, ...
I seem to recall a CAFRE sheep adviser telling us (at a BDG meeting) that, irrespective of how good our baled silage was, it could never match the performance achieved from similar grass ensiled in a ...
A Wisconsin dairy farmer is getting more feed efficiency and profitability by separating his corn silage before feeding it. Greg Friendshuh from Clear Lake, Wisconsin tells Brownfield he’s reduced his ...
He has dedicated a five-acre parcel for production of silage for his cows and this has saved him the cost of feeds. “I grow nappier grass, legumes, maize and other supplements for my cows.