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silage Definition

si·lage (lij)

noun

green fodder preserved in a silo; ensilage

Etymology: contr. (based on silo) < ensilage

silage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • feed: The cows when housed just get fed grass silage together with a few kg of meal fed using out of parlor feeders.
  • cut: As we descended a farmer was busy cutting silage.
  • produce: Instead of making hay, the crop is wrapped in plastic and fermented to produce silage.
  • make: The farmer will not just make silage from grass.
  • use: Sometimes grazing a particular field or using silage from it is always associated with milk fever.

Adjective modifier

  • whole: Although wheat is more common, it is known some whole crop cereal silage is made from barley.
  • high: It is the young leafy part that makes the highest quality silage.
  • good: This can usually be achieved by feeding ad lib good quality silage.
  • first: First cut grass silage or whole crop mixtures can also be used.

Modifies a noun

  • bale: Allowing air into the silage bale will result in part or all of that bale going rotten.
  • clamp: Re-use of tires includes weighing down silage clamp coverings, recycling includes paper etc taken to local authority amenity sites.
  • fermentation: Investigation of direct gas production from silage fermentation acids.
  • liquor: Never pollute watercourses with silage liquor, slurry, fertilizers or pesticides.
  • pit: They could even be standing underneath a silage pit, possibly even constructed with a European Union grant for poor rural areas.
  • additive: No silage additives have been used for the last five years.

Noun used with modifier

  • maize: Maize silage from the previous autumn is often used most successfully.
  • bale: Quality is an important factor when making big bale silage for both the cattle and the sheep.
  • grass: First cut grass silage or whole crop mixtures can also be used.
  • crop: Although wheat is more common, it is known some whole crop cereal silage is made from barley.
  • cut: First cut grass silage or whole crop mixtures can also be used.