Up in my neck of the woods(Western NY state) we wouldn't be able to farm without silage to much moisture to make good dry hay. Se we put up Haylage- chopped grass or alfalfa approx. 60% moisture Corn silage - chopped corn stalks and ear approx 65% moisture Snap corn - chopped ear corn approx 40% moisture Baleage -high density round bales wrapped in shrink wrap approx 30-70% moisture The key to making silage is you need to seal the crop from oxygen in some type of storage device so teh crop can ferment. Upright or tower silos, ag bags or bunker silos are common ways to store hay, corn or snap silage. Baleage has to be wrapped by a special machine that stretches the plastic over the bales. I'll try to get some pics up of the various types of silage and the storage and harvesting equipment that is used to make it.
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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