Posted by Pycoed on May 13, 2008 at 13:55:45 from (86.166.253.10):
In Reply to: o/t what is silage posted by dangerdoc on May 12, 2008 at 10:18:37:
Over here most silage is made by cutting, re-cutting , crimping & blowing lush green grass into rows. This is done with forage harvester. The grass is then left for a day in our temperate climate to wilt then baled into large round bales & wrapped tightly with black balewrapping plastic. The balewrapping machine is towed behind the baler. Each bale then ferments within its wrapper & you can see them inflate with the CO2 produced as if they've been inflated. This is why vertical silos are dangerous: its the CO2 - the silent killer. Some are just piled in field corners but most are stacked in the yard/shed. Rats & crows are a nuisance if they peck through the wrap 'cos the sileage will rot wherever there is air present.
Another way is to trail a special high capacity trailer with high sides made of 1/2" mesh towed by another tractor alongside the forager (or sometimes towed by the forage harvester ) This grass is blown by the forager straight into the trailer then carted into large three sided concrete pits & thoroughly compacted by running another tractor up & down the clamp. When full the silage pit is covered with plastic, sealed round the edges with earth & usually covered with old tyres to weight it down. Effluent from silos is VERY POWERFUL pollutant & there are lots of regulations for drainage, sumps & disposal of the fluid. BIG fines for any pollution incidents.
Lots of maize (which doesn't fully ripen in our climate) & other special forage crops grown just to make sileage, but grass silage has taken over from hay across the country in the last 20-30 years
Haylage is much used in "horseyculture" & made in small bales or even mini round bales wrapped like the big uns.
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