About Lesson
Farm silo
- It is a farm structure used to store and protect the fodder so that the loss in the nutrient can be minimized.
- Animal fodder is cut and packed in a air tight silo to allow a partial fermentation to occur. The stored fodder is known as silage.
- The silage is made of maize berseem, napier. If the air tight silo is not maintained then it may be spoiled.
- Cutting and chopping size is 6-12mm for rapid fermentation and good consolidation of silo.
- The density of the main silage is rather variable according to the dry matter content, depth, fineness of chopped and degree of consolidation.
- About 2m deep silage with 25% dry matter would be about 700 kg/m cube.