In recent years, the amount of silage conserved as roll bales has increased dramatically, and this system of making silage is now widely practiced in Japan and other countries. Today, the new silage inoculant of LAB and new types of chopped roll baler for silage making of corn and forage paddy rice were developed. The research of unused biomass resources for silage making of crops and food by-products are advanced in Japan.

Further information

Abe, A.,The best use manual of food circulation resource, Science Forum. (2006)

Cai, Y., Silage, Dairy Japan (2004)

McDonald, P. JHenderson, N.;Heron, S.,The Biochemistry of Silage, 2nd ed., Chalcombe Publications (1991)