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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.

Fodder preserved through controlled fermentation in a silo, an airtight structure that presses green crops. It is used as a winter feed for livestock. The term also refers to stacked crops that may be preserved indefinitely.



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