corn silage
Chopped crop storage
Corn silage is fermented chopped corn—stalks, leaves, and ears together—used as livestock feed.
The whole plant is harvested while still green, then packed tightly and stored in silos or bunkers where it ferments anaerobically.
The fermentation preserves nutrients and creates a slightly sour feed that cattle find palatable: The dairy operation puts up enough corn silage to last through winter.
- fodderCoarse livestock nourishment
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
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- silagehaylage
- animal feedhorse feed, poultry feed, bird food, grain, chicken feed
- haymakinghay, hay bale, hay bales, hay field, hayfield