ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SILAGE PREPARATION IN THE RAINING WEATHER

Abstract

The work provides us with an analysis of the technology of harvesting forage crops for silage, with their advantages and disadvantages, indications of that in rainy time, water accumulation in the crushed mass of forage crops. It is also indicated that the presence of rainwater in the silage mass leads to a deterioration in the quality of the silage and an increase in the cost of transporting the silage mass to the preparation and storage sites. Protracted rainy weather can lead to downtime of equipment engaged in ensiling feed. Also in the work the methods and results of experiments to determine the amount of water deposited on the green mass of the plant - corn, after the rain are described. The article presents the meteorological conditions in the Ryazan region in the most likely time for harvesting corn. The results of the amount of rainwater on the stems, cobs and leaves of corn, depending on the mass and size of its stems are presented. Observations show that rainwater accumulates mainly in the sinuses between the stems and in the leaves, and depending on the weather it may not be dried for several hours or even days. It was concluded that it is necessary to drain the silage mass from the water harvested during or after the rain in the field directly when harvesting crops for silage.