Offered Papers Theme A: Efficient Production from Grassland
Description
Bag silos (polyethylene tubes, 30 to 90 m length, 2.4 to 3.7 m diameter, 0.22 mm thick) are used on approximately one-third of the dairy farms in the U.S.A. for making silage, and the level of adoption is increasing rapidly. Unfortunately, almost no research data have been published on these types of silos. Our objective was to measure densities and losses in bag silos at three farms, looking for causes of variation in both.
Citation
Muck, R. E. and Holmes, B. J., "Factors Affecting Bag Silo Densities and Losses" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 377.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeA/377
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Factors Affecting Bag Silo Densities and Losses
Bag silos (polyethylene tubes, 30 to 90 m length, 2.4 to 3.7 m diameter, 0.22 mm thick) are used on approximately one-third of the dairy farms in the U.S.A. for making silage, and the level of adoption is increasing rapidly. Unfortunately, almost no research data have been published on these types of silos. Our objective was to measure densities and losses in bag silos at three farms, looking for causes of variation in both.
