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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 245"><p>The nutrition of silage varies just like the nutrition of hay. Grass clippings may be a high percentage of water with little protien, or they may have been fertilized and have grown slower with less water and be very high in protien. A test is the only way to know for sure.</p><p></p><p>The color of the plastic isn't that important, as long as it is somewhat uv resistant. Big silage bags are white, but older silage pit covers were black. The main thing is air tight. Silage makes its own heat during the ensiling process, very wet silage will leak moisture. To get fancy, a person could mix some dry hay(ground up) with the wet clippings to absorb some of the excess moisture.</p><p></p><p>Silage can be better than hay in situations where the hay is at its nutritional peak when the weather is not dry enough to put up hay. Waiting for the weather makes the hay older and more fiber/less protien. Silage can be put up at the right time with just one day of sun as opposed to 4 or 5 for hay.</p><p></p><p>Jason</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:trow@bigfoot.com">trow@bigfoot.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 245"] The nutrition of silage varies just like the nutrition of hay. Grass clippings may be a high percentage of water with little protien, or they may have been fertilized and have grown slower with less water and be very high in protien. A test is the only way to know for sure. The color of the plastic isn't that important, as long as it is somewhat uv resistant. Big silage bags are white, but older silage pit covers were black. The main thing is air tight. Silage makes its own heat during the ensiling process, very wet silage will leak moisture. To get fancy, a person could mix some dry hay(ground up) with the wet clippings to absorb some of the excess moisture. Silage can be better than hay in situations where the hay is at its nutritional peak when the weather is not dry enough to put up hay. Waiting for the weather makes the hay older and more fiber/less protien. Silage can be put up at the right time with just one day of sun as opposed to 4 or 5 for hay. Jason [email=trow@bigfoot.com]trow@bigfoot.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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