Losses from top spoilage in horizontal silos
dc.citation.epage | 62 | en_US |
dc.citation.spage | 59 | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Holthaus, D.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brent, B.E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pfaff, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bolsen, K.K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Young, Matthew A. | |
dc.contributor.authoreid | mayoung | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-10T20:04:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-10T20:04:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-09-10T20:04:59Z | |
dc.date.published | 1995 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The top 3 ft of silage from 127 horizontal silos was sampled at three locations across the width of the silo during a 4-year period (1990 through 1993). Ninety-six percent of the silages were either corn or forage sorghum, and only 18 percent of the silos were sealed with polyethylene sheeting . Losses of organic matter (OM) from spoilage were estimated by using ash content as an internal marker. Sealing silos dramatically reduced the estimated spoilage losses in the top 3 ft. All silages had greater estimated spoilage losses in the top 18 inches in 1991 and 1993 than 1990 and 1992. Sealing reduced spoilage losses of OM in the to p 18 inches by 16, 37, 19, and 36 percentage units in 1990 through 1993, respectively , and in the second 18 inches by 4, 13, 3, and 7 percentage units. Dry matter (DM) contents were lower for forage sorghum silages in the top 18 inches than for corn silages in the first 3 years, and i n all 4 years, DM contents for sealed silages were lower than those for unsealed silages. Silage had higher pH values in the top 1 8 inches than in the second 18 inches. | en_US |
dc.description.conference | Cattlemen's Day, 1995, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, March 3, 1995 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4920 | |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Cattlemen’s Day, 1995 | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 95-357-S | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 727 | en_US |
dc.subject | Beef | en_US |
dc.subject | Survey | en_US |
dc.subject | Top spoilage | en_US |
dc.subject | Silage | en_US |
dc.subject | Bunker | en_US |
dc.subject | Trench | en_US |
dc.title | Losses from top spoilage in horizontal silos | en_US |
dc.type | Conference paper | en_US |