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Preparing natural materials for the production of silage. Silage is a fodder made of grass, corn, sunflowers, or other leafy material, which is preserved through fermentation in an airtight silo. A common winter feed for livestock, unlike hay silage can be harvested when ready, in almost all weather conditions. It also retains more nutrients per harvested acre when compared with other harvesting systems.

An area of grassland used each year to produce hay or silage. Cattle graze it only after the grass has been cut.

Farmers distinguish between meadow, reserved for cutting, and pasture, which is used solely for grazing purposes. However, the term ‘water meadow’ is applied to areas of riverside grazing land that become rich through regular flooding.



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