The livestock industry loses more than $250 million of corn silage each year as a result of unsealed or incorrectly sealed bunker silos and drive-over piles. Additional financial losses come from the surface-spoiled silage, which has to be discarded, and from the decrease in nutritional value of the remaining silage itself.
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Know your silage plastic potential
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When looking to properly seal silage in bunker silos and drive-over piles, select an oxygen barrier film. Research shows that oxygen barrier film reduces the dry matter loss in the outer 1.5 to 3 feet of silage by 50 percent or more compared to regular silage covers.
Silage management practices that prevent surface spoilage benefit a beef cattle operation's bottom line by increasing silage dry matter recovery and improving rate and efficiency of gain.
