Tedding - Shaking out the grass to allow it to dry. , Forage Harvester - Machine that picks up and breaks up the silage and blows it into trailer., Wilting - Grass is left on ground for 1-2 days after cutting to reduce water content. , Molasses - A sugar solution that is added to silage to increase carbohydrate content. , Swathes - Grass is left in rows after cutting., Precision Chop harvester - Machine that cuts grass into smaller pieces to release more sugars, Rolling - Process where a tractor drives over the silage in a pit repeatedly to remove any air. , Fermentation - Process of preserving silage where anaerobic bacteria convert carbohydrates to acids and lowering pH , Anaerobic bacteria - Bacteria that carry out fermentation in the absence of oxygen. , Lactic Acid Silage - Good Quality silage made by lactobacillus bacteria. , Butyric Acid Silage - Poor Quality silage made by clostridium bacteria., Effluent - One of the products of silage making that leaks out of the silo shortly after the start of the silage fermentation, Sulphuric Acid - An additive used to lower the pH of silage and prevent bacterial activity., Bacterial Inoculant - An additive to silage that speeds up the fermentation process. ,

Silage Making

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