MinDA Sorghum Program! PREPARING SORGHUM STALKS FOR SMALL RUMINANTS SILAGE

Sorghum stalks which remain green and succulent even at harvest time are known to be ideal silage material for cattle, carabao, sheep and goats.

Following the instructions given by silage-production expert Arnel Corpuz, I asked the farm boys to gather the stalks from the Sorghum Demo Farm in New Esperanza, Mlang which was harvested Monday last week

The Sorghum stalks were chopped by a silage shredder and then placed in plastic garbage bags for ageing, at least 15 days.

Arnel said the bags must be tightly sealed to ensure an efficient fermentation process.

To suck the air from the bags, we used a portable vacuum pump after which the bags were closed using a rubber band.

We were supoosed to wait for 15 days before the silage would be ready for serving to the goats, although the silage could be stored up to 1 year.

Some of the bags, however, were punctured during the handling so at one week, we decided to try feeding the silage to the goats.

A little amount of our feeds, liquid seaweeds and molasses were addeded to give flavor to the silage.

In this 2-part video which I am posting, I will share with you the preparation and the feeding.

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