Weather permitting, Co Antrim contractor Jonathan Kirkpatrick should be cutting and ensiling grass in about five weeks’ time.

For bunker silos, you’d like to have plant moisture at 68% to70%. 3. Test for nitrates. Drought-stressed corn is prone to higher levels of nitrates. Nevertheless, ensiling corn silage will quickly ...

National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China Changzhou Key Laboratory of Biomass Green, Safe & High ...

Annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) is a globally significant forage crop. Because of its high nutritional value, digestibility, and well ensiling characteristics, it is now widely distributed ...

The fermentation parameter, nitrogen distribution, bacterial community, and enzymatic hydrolysis of stylo silage ensiled with addition of VA were analyzed on days 3, 7, 14, and 30 of ensiling ...

“Making corn silage requires moisture for proper fermentation to minimize dry-matter loss and spoilage,” he adds. “Ensiling at the correct whole-plant moisture content and optimum plant maturity is ...