Feel the heat
KEY POINTS
▶ Up to now there has been no scientific data on the impact of loader attachment choice on clamp heating or face spoilage.
▶ Le ss ideal silage removal at the pit face is compensated for by very effective rolling and high clamp densities.
▶ Cla mping at high temperatures, along with good consolidation in a large clamp, insulates the ensiled material so it retains a higher temperature.
Last year around 229,000ha of maize were grown in the UK to feed livestock and keep biogas plants running, while In Germany the crop accounts for a massive 2.25 million hectares. In order to maintain the value of the crop, compaction in the clamp is key — the better it is compressed, the less air there is in the pit — see the table 'Air penetration depth'. Nothing new so far, but here
