In-silo losses from high moisture Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) silage stored under high temperature conditions
1994
Kawamura, O. (Miyazaki Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Fukuyama, K. | Shibahara, T.
High temperature and high moisture content of forage may affect disadvantageously the silage loss as well as the fermentative quality. Italian ryegrass, the most widely used winter crop for silage in south-west Japan, is often ensiled and stored under such condition. This experiment was carried out to estimate the in-silo losses from high moisture Italian ryegrass silage stored under high temperature conditions. At the ensiling time (14 May), the nylon-net bags, each containing 1 kg of raw material, were placed in the middle of the trench silo, and were removed when the unloading procedure reached the bags. The temperature of silage was found to be high (39-42 degrees C) in the top part of the silage pile and was lower (31-33 degrees C) in the bottom part after opening the silo (25 July - 12 August). The chemical composition of the silage was typical for silage of a high moisture content with no obvious aerobic deterioration
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