Principles of Silage Making

Abstract

Owing to the seasonal nature of rainfall in the subtropics,
rangeland and planted pasture only supply high quality
green forage for a quarter of the year, leaving animals to
struggle with poor quality forage for the rest of the year.
At a high producing farm, there is need to conserve high
quality forage in large quantities and quality, sufficient to
last an entire 5-6 months of dry season. Silage provides a
means to conserve forage in as near a form to the original forage as possible. Due to its high production costs, it
is mostly used on high return enterprises, e.g. dairying