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Silage has slid. What to do?
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ok...To cut a long story short...mistakes were made and the 3rd was put in wet, really wet!. It was so wet...it slid and we are now dealing with the consequences. We did put additive on for wet silage but I would think it too is in a tank along with the effluent.The thing is...what to do?
We tried the usual but had to get the shovel off it and just let the silage clamp drain. Its an outside clamp but we covered it to stop further rain getting to it.
Do we just leave it and keep off it? I'm afraid to do anything else would cause the effluent to seep into other places and maybe move an earth bankment.
We have never had this experience before.
Our 1st and 2nd cuts went in dry so thought to use the occasional grab of this wet stuff to add to the dry silage.
Just wondering if, through time, would this whole 3rd cut would go completely off.
Please advise.
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13/9/2018, 16:21
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mckeague
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Has the pit split? i.e. is there a gaping hole in the middle? the silage is likely to rot at the split but either side of it should be ok.
From past experience, not a lot can be done, silage is likely to be very very acidic from wet preservation, can be fed but will need a lot of buffers.
We fed it to cull cows and youngstock, not ideal but if needs must. Never to milking cows though, far too acidic
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Re: Silage has slid. What to do?
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Yes....there are a deep"channels".....but the rainfall has weighed the plastic cover down through the gaps and kind of sealed it.
The effluent is still seeping out of it.
Yep.....we plan to use lots of acid buffer and we have always used a microtoxin binder too.Some will say a microtoxin binder is a waste of money. But we had a case of microtoxin poisoning years ago and thankfully only lost one cow. It was through buying in a load of silage just to try it . We were very lucky! Could have been much worse.
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Anyway..our 1st and 2nd cut silage is very dry and hubby is adding the odd grab fill of this wet stuff to the TMR for the milk cows.
He is being very cautious using it
Is he doing the wrong thing?
I am still very fearful of using this stuff.
Normally our 3rd cut is used as a buffer feed only during the summer months when the cows go out but are always in at night.
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18/9/2018, 17:34
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mckeague
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I think he is right being cautious with it! It is probably a case of "we need it so we have to feed it", I wouldn't like to use it to buffer feed with grass though with grass being naturally acidic?
Our own 3rd cut this year is wet too, and effluent is seeping as well but when you cannot get two dry days in a row you have little choice but to cut it, use additive or molasses, clamp it and hope for the best!!
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20/9/2018, 12:16
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