Posted by wisbaker on October 07, 2014 at 05:49:25 from (173.26.84.185):
In Reply to: Silage Question posted by Meangreen on October 07, 2014 at 05:24:15:
To make corn silage the farmer harvests the corn, cob and stalks by chopping them at a higher moisture than the crop would be for grain. The silage is stored in a silo that will allow it to ferment giving it some protection against spoilage. The benefit is the with a corn crop the farmer gets more feed per acre as well as the roughage that ruminant animals need and doesn't incur the extra costs of drying the crop. Other crops can be ensiled like most hays and even small grains. I worked on a dairy in NW Oklahoma and we grew a hybrid Sudan grass we ensiled for cattle feed, occasionally I'd hear about wheatlidge.
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