HOW TO USE UREA TO MAKE DRY MAIZE STALK SILAGE

Dry maize stalk silage making.
Making silage from drought-stressed crops often is a good way to safen these feeds. Usually the fermentation process will reduce its nitrate content.
However, during the first few days of early fermentation, the chopped forage begins to heat, converting those nitrates first into nitrites. And, nitrites are as much as 10 times more poisonous to cattle than nitrates. Later, these nitrites are neutralized and converted into other compounds that are less toxic.
If you feed your freshly chopped forage before it has completed its full fermentation cycle, you risk giving your cattle a highly poisonous forage filled with nitrites. To avoid this, wait three or four weeks after chopping before feeding fresh silage. Then, test your silage for nitrates before feeding.
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[@CecilHenryOfficial]

Thanks for the info. If possible, you can pin the "what else should i know about adding urea to corn silage" at the comment section. This is because the suggested videos are blocking the information, and this appears to be critical information.

[@FredDairyFarm]

@@CecilHenryOfficial okay I will

[@ashamuthoni686]

ma cow hunipa 15litres xo nitaka inipe 20ltr Nita feed Nini

[@FredDairyFarm]

what are you currently feeding?whats your management like?Does it have good genetics?

[@dsimiyu520]

Why my cow don't like eating this urea silage why and how can imake friendly to cows the smell

[@zacharykungu]

Hi kk when silage maize stalk,if i excempt urea will it still be ok

[@FredDairyFarm]

yeah but you have to add value to it.

[@stephenchoriogichaga2409]

Video quality is a notch higher but content is dangerous for us digital farmers especially on the use of urea.I hope viewers take the disclaimer seriously otherwise as stated the use of urea can be a disaster

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thank you for watching.I know they will take it serious.

[@bonifacenzogere3026]

Good work, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@FredDairyFarm]

thank you for watching

[@unavoidable254]

Fred I have a question, when buying a heifer what can you tell from the skin texture

[@FredDairyFarm]

Skin texture speaks a lot.It reveals if a cow is well taken care of,whether it has worms or not e.t.c

[@peddiemugoba9492]

What is another name for magadi that you might with Molasses, urea and water?

[@FredDairyFarm]

Magadi Livestock Salt is naturally harvested and dried. Complete with sodium chloride and elements of sodium bicarbonate, Magadi Livestock Salt improves the palatability of livestock feed.

[@benjaminmacharia]

Nice, very informative

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thank you.Thanks for watching

[@JessieSibanda-f5j]

Thanks Fred. Pleae share the exact amounts of molasses, urea and salt and water needed for a tonne of maize stover.

[@MiriahIminza]

Nice I'm doing mine today

[@FredDairyFarm]

thats nice.All the best

[@antoniomwangi4330]

This is urea ratio on how to mix with water molecules and magafi salt

[@mangeraalbert7982]

Hio urea pesa ngapi utoka

[@FredDairyFarm]

Kwa agrovet a kilo goes for 130 ksh.

[@whiteoakmedicalcentreltd7553]

good job .kindly how do you mix urea. the measurements?

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thank you for watching.People use diffrent measurements.Urea is lethal to cows so you must be knowing what you are doing.For me i used 5kgs per ton of chopped maize stalk

[@josephnjoroge2956]

Good answer but how will measure the tonnes of the chopped or u just estimated

[@Wise_king]

Great content.... welcome back Fred

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thank you

[@Lucynyambura-jp9vu]

thnks bro good work..

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thanks.I appreciate your support

[@georgemungai1323]

how much is molasses of 20ltrs?

[@FredDairyFarm]

1100

[@MichaelsKarish]

@@FredDairyFarmwhere do you get yours bc I’m seeing 5l going for 1250 and can’t get a 20l one

[@josephnjoroge2956]

Good work

[@FredDairyFarm]

Thank you

[@mangeraalbert7982]

Long time kka, good job

[@FredDairyFarm]

Great to be back.Thank you for always watching my videos