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Fermentation characteristics in clamp and big bale silages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

D I Givens ,
Susan Roscoe  and
Jeannie M Brunnen
D I Givens
Affiliation:
ADAS Nutrition Chemistry Feed Evaluation UnitAlcester Road, Stratford on Avon CV37 9RQ
Susan Roscoe
Affiliation:
ADAS Nutrition Chemistry Feed Evaluation UnitAlcester Road, Stratford on Avon CV37 9RQ
Jeannie M Brunnen
Affiliation:
ADAS Nutrition Chemistry Feed Evaluation UnitAlcester Road, Stratford on Avon CV37 9RQ
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In recent years big bale silage (BBS) made in large plastic bags has become an increasingly popular method of grass conservation with one estimate (Catt, 1986) suggesting that 30% of all grass silage in the UK was conserved in this way in 1985.

In general BBS is drier than clamp silage (CS) (Butler, 1983) primarily for economic reasons related to contracters.charges for baling the reduced number of bales compared to wet silage. There are however few comparative data on concentrations of fermentation acids and it is not clear whether the fermentation characteristics of BBS are different from CS or merely a function of differences in dry matter content.

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Silage and Beef Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 50
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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