Five Elements Of Top Quality Silage

Feed interests for the largest share of production costs on a farm. To spotlight this fact, we should understand that farmers are thinking of new ways to save feed costs. However, lesser feed costs should not compromise quality. The best way to prohibit it is to include high-quality silage in dairy cattle rations.

Elements for your top quality silage

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Moisture Content

When you want to find out the proper time to yield the Corn Silage For Sale, the moisture content is critical. The perfect moisture content is 65 percent, more or less. Silage with more than 70 percent moisture content means that bacteria can grow, leading to more dry matter and less palatability. Even though DM is necessary for silage, palatability is also an essential element.

On the other hand, if the moisture amount is less than 60 percent, it means your silage will be much challenging to pack and lead to more air in the product, leading to lower density and mold and yeast growth. So we, as Silage Agro Private Limited, keep the moisture amount in our silage around 65 percent. That’s why our silage is the best.  

Cut Length

If you think that cut length doesn’t matter, then think twice. You may be making a big mistake. See, here’s the theory, if silage is cut too rough, then packing it will give you a tough time. If you cut it too short, your animals will become overweight by eating it. If it is long, then you get underweight or weak dairy animals. So please see the right cut length here as we at Silage Agro Private Limited recommend.

●       It would be best if you cut processed silage at three-fourths of an inch.

●       For unprocessed silage, you should have a chop length of one-fourth or half of an inch. Both will do.

Grain Processing

The outer layer of the grains limits microbe access to the starch in a morsel. A forage lab can find out the grain processing points. A score between 50 and 70 is just fine. However, more than 70 is your perfect number of points.

You might have complexities while monitoring grain while processing, so we are giving you a standard measurement. To wrap up, every cup of grain should have less than 1 or 2 grains. If you have 0 damaged grains, then you are doing something right. 

Packing

Your ideal pack of silage should be tight and completely sealed, as it creates an atmosphere inside the package, which allows good bacteria to ferment it. It is a good practice for you to calculate packing capacity before harvesting.

Your target packing capacity is 15 pounds per dry matter per cubic foot or more. We pack our NutriMeal Silage with European bailing technology. That’s why the pack comes out sealed and tight with the suitable capacity out of our processing unit every time. 

Covering

Cover your silage with an oxygen barrier film and B & W plastic every time, as doing so will reduce dry matter and nutrients loss. Lining up bunkers with plastic and putting extra weight on the silage bales is also good.