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A forage harvester – also known as a silage harvester, forager or chopper – is a farm implement that harvests forage plants to make silage.[1] Silage is grass, corn or hay, which has been chopped into small pieces, and compacted together in a storage silo, silage bunker, or in silage bags.[2] It is then fermented to provide feed for livestock. Haylage is a similar process to silage but using grass which has dried.[3]
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- ^ "Definition of SILAGE". merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ Walsh, Siobhán (2018-01-20). "Forage focus: Producing 20,000 bales of haylage in Co. Tipperary". Agriland.ie. Retrieved 2020-03-24.