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A silage refers to as harvested fodder in green and succulent form and subjecting it to farmentation in a silo.
Silo is any storage structure that is used in preservation of green moist forage.
Factors that affect the quality of a silage are as follows:
The type of crop used.
Harvesting at the correct stage of maturity to enhance proper fermentation.
Length of chopping plant materials-they should be chopped properly to enhance quick fermentation.Chopping affects air exclusion in the silo.
The storages of silage-storage should be done quickly to prevent detrimental bacteria that inhibits silage quality.
Species of the crop used for silage preparation.
Management of the silage-this entails ensuring that it is not tampered by external factors.
Anti quality factors -this includes crops with bitter taste and which are poisonus thus affecting the animals negatively.
Silage innoculants-the innoculants improves the fermentation process,reduces losses,reduces aerobic deterioration,enhance aerobic stability and increases the nutritive value of the silage among other benefits.
Muchiri Samson answered the question on April 27, 2018 at 10:30
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