How to make silage

  • To make grain crops such as maize, sorghum, bajra, oats, etc., when crops having milking stage, cut it into small pieces 2-5 cm.
  • The pieces of chopped green fodder should be spread on the ground for a few hours so that some amount of excess water will blow away.
  • Now put the chopped fodder in the pre-prepared silo pit or silage pits.
  • Fill all four in the pit by pressing it with feet or tractor, so that the air between the feed is removed.
  • Fill the cutting pieces in the pit by pressing it with feet or tractor, so that the air between the feed comes out.
  • After filling the pit completely, add thick polythene and seal it well.
  • After this, apply a layer of soil about one feet thick from the top of the polythene cover so that the air cannot enter.
  • It starts making silage from pieces of green fodder because in the silo pit there is no air and water, the fodder pressed creates lactic acid, which does not spoil the feed for a long time. 
  • Open the pits to feed the animals after at least 45 days as required by the feed.
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