silage

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Like all dairy farmers, Gordon uses the good weather in spring and summer to grow and cut silage - grass that will be baled and used as fodder for the herd over winter.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

But it needs to be spread at least two months before the silage is cut, so any delay will have a knock-on effect.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Eighty acres of corn silage keep the herd fed through winter.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

With no livestock to feed, the acreage now used to grow silage and hay could be replaced with food crops.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

There’s a section with big rolls of silage, too, packed up to the ceiling with thin rope, and another section with huge sheaves of wheat ready to be ground into flour.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness