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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 hour agoHay ≠ silage. Hay is tedded and dried grass/straw. Silage is grass that has been fermented to make it easier for cows to digest.
I grew up in farm country surrounded by pigs, horses, cows, and an absolute FUCKTON of tobacco, corn, and soybeans. Also a fair amount of weed if you knew which cornfields to go into.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 minutes ago
Silage often has species in it that are hell on horses, like clover and ryegrass. And silage can just be piled and covered to ensile, we put up about 2500 tons of it each year, both hay and cereal silage.
In fact, I’m prepping the swather right now to start cutting for a silage chopper showing up this week.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 40 minutes ago
TIL. Apparently the farmers in my parents area are a bit more picky. They made hay for the horses, and silage for the cows. The pigs get slop, grain, and any bio-trash that’s available.