ANSC 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Silage, Phytase, Skimmed Milk
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Nrc feed categories: dry forages and roughages. Feedstuff classification: 18% crude fiber up to 50%, low moisture; protein 2-30, examples: hays, fodder, and cs hulls. Want low moisture for hay because it will get mold and rot. 4x4x8 bails can way up to 2000 lbs. Cheaper to harvest rectangular and round bales. Farmers put up hay because the animals need food and because there isn"t always grass. Chopping corn silage, corn harvest, and storage. A combine is used to take grain crops and harvest them. Pit silos are better where it doesn"t rain a lot, and upright tall silos aren"t used very often. They insile bales in order to keep them dry and store them. You can put up the product before its completely dry. Adds a new flavor that is desirable by livestock. Classes 1-3 are roughages or forages with > 18% cf, and 2-30% cp.
