Discuss how farmers can produce the best quality silage with maximum yield.

      

Discuss how farmers can produce the best quality silage with maximum yield.

  

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queen
Production
• soil preparation/sowing seed
• variety of grass/crop
• fertilisers/slurry/manure spreading
• fencing off
• length of time between application of fertiliser and harvest/no residues of fertiliser
• soil sampling so appropriate fertilisers applied
• herbicide spraying
Harvesting
• timing/stage of growth
• weather
• mow down/cutting grass
• methods – self-propelled/precision chop/kemper header (for maize)
• put into rows (grass)
• wilt (grass)
• time of day
• length of cut
• take 2 plus cuts per year
Preservation
• additives/molasses
• in pit – rolled correctly/compacted/make anaerobic/remove air
Storage
• pit – cover with plastic – tyres
• bales – keep birds away
• anaerobic fermentation
• effluent containment
queen babito answered the question on July 10, 2018 at 13:16


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