D. Sample silage as silo is being filled. Send this sample to the lab. Perhaps, the dairy producer must do the sampling. Silo Depth refers to distance in feet from height above ground in a vertical silo Sampling at harvest gives you advance knowledge of the quality of silage stored in the silo. One can inventory and plan for purchasing supplemental feedstuffs based on forage quality needs.
Fermentation is faulty so that excessive mold growth occurs.
Forage quality analysis before and after ensiling from repeated sampling during 1988 and 1989, University of Wisconsin Ashland Research Station.