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For more information, please contact: Animal Nutrition Group, NDDB, Anand.
Advantages of silage making
• Ensures regular supply of fodder to the dairy animals.
• Ensures uniform quality fodder to animals during different seasons.
• Silage can be made under almost all weather conditions.
• Surplus green fodder can be conserved, minimising wastage.
• Feeding silage is an effective tool for the control of parasitic diseases, as the parasites
present in different stages in green fodder are destroyed during ensiling.
• Enhances green fodder productivity by improving harvesting intensity.
• Enhances livestock productivity by ensuring fodder supply, especially during the lean
period.
Silage cutter
Mechanical harvesting
Sealed silo
Mechanical pressing
Silage making at a large farm