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Grass silage has started !

Since mid-April, grass silage work has begun, with a second cut in May for some plots.

 

On Tuesday 19 April, our first grass silages started on the farm, with a total of 13 plots mown for a yield of 460T (green weight), i.e. 196T of dry weight; the first silo being at 58.7% DM, and the second at 41% DM.

At the beginning of May, another first cut was carried out on 9 plots, with a yield of 236T (green weight), equivalent to 105T of dry weight, with this time a DM percentage of 44.6.

At the end of May, we carried out a second cut on 7 of our plots, with a yield of 297T of green weight, equivalent to 127T of dry weight (40% DM for the first silo and 50% DM for the second).

 

By: INRAE Le Pin experimental unit Publication date: 03 June 2022 Modification date: 03 June 2022