Poly Bag Silage Production

• Maize, sorghum and Cumbu Napier Hybrid

• Lucerne, Cowpea, Desmanthus

• 1. Enhances livestock productivity by ensuring fodder supply during lean period
• 2. Surplus green fodder can be preserved, minimizing wastage.
• 3. Shelf life - 6 months
• 4. Enhanced quality - Acetic acid (2.2%), Lactic acid (8.2%), Digestible Dry Matter (61.4%) and Palatability (98.1%)

• 1. Harvest crops at 50% flowering to dough stage with moisture content of 65-70 %
• 2. Spread the chopped fodder into polybags with a capacity of 20kg and compact as tightly as possible by using vacuum machines
• 3. Add additives – Molasses solution (1%) on fresh weight basis.
• 4. Maintain sealing for 45 days.
• 5. Once silo polybag is opened, it should be used completely to avoid fungal contamination.