Factors Affecting the Feeding Value of Silage

Feeding value for finishing beef steers of wheat grain conserved by different techniques

“…Silage DM intake was lower than predicted by Flynn (1981) for well-preserved unwilted silage with an OMD of 679g/kg. As previously demonstrated by Drennan and Keane (1987), silage DM intake decreased with increasing rates of supplementation with cereal grains.…”

Effects of three different concentrate proportions and rapeseed meal supplement to grass silage on animal performance of dairy-breed bulls with TMR feeding

“…With high-quality silage, reasonable (above 0.9 kg/d) live weight gains can be achieved even when silage is given alone (Lampila et al, 1988). It is well established that the performance of cattle increases with increasing grass silage digestibility (Flynn, 1981;Martinsson, 1990;Randby, 2001;Steen et al, 2002). Where silages were offered as the sole feed, the carcass weight gain was increased by 33 g/d per 10 g/kg increase in silage digestibility (Steen, 1988a).…”

Impacts of characteristics of grass silage and cattle slurry feedstocks on the cost of methane production

“…It is noteworthy that badly preserved silage is highly undesirable for cattle farmers as it is unpalatable for livestock. Therefore, because livestock reduce their consumption of silage that has preserved badly and what silage they do consume has a reduced nutritive value, 48 the commercial value when such silage is traded among livestock farmers is relatively low. The purchase of this silage, however, could be commercially attractive as a feedstock for an AD facility since the OLR is at the discretion of the facility manager and its SMY should be greater than normal for its harvest date.…”