Examples include pasture, hay, silages, and haylages. Plants need rigid cell walls to provide support because they do not have bones. The goal in harvesting plants is to optimize the quantity and quality of nutrients or the total yield of nutrients.
Highest quality is associated with abundant, young leaves.
Chop up the stem, leaf, and immature seed and ferment in a silo. They consume oxygen and create heat. This process ends due to the lack of oxygen Anaerobic fermentation . Production of acetic acid by bacteria dominates. As the pH falls below 5.0, the growth of the acetic acid bacteria decreases Development of bacteria that produce lactic acid.