Great presentation. To be honest, I was concerned about using molasses as it is an expensive commodity, which I use daily in my diet, so I appreciated you sharing that a low grade formula will work well for this.
Love your stuff, I get a new idea from almost every video. Question, you say you are going to supplement your steers feed with the silage. How much silage would you feed a day?
Ideally this would be fed free choice but I only have a small amount which I will just use to supplement the hay and grain I am feeding and when it's gone it's gone. I will probably mix a few lbs. per day to the total ration.
Pretty cool. Is this something you have done in the past? I had bought a gas powered chipper and it absolutely sucked. I used it for 2 hours then took it to an auction house. It couldn't handle my branches. Seems like i should have held onto it for this. I'm thinking sudan grass (or its hybrid) as it has smaller stalks than corn. Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching and glad you dug the video. I haven't made this for years but I first learned how to make this in high school from my ag teacher. A mulcher/shredder would be the ticket for doing this. 👌
This could be a good idea but it really depends on how much salt you put in to achieve the desired outcome. Personally I think it is a better approach to separate the sodium and minerals and let the animal determine how much of it they need. I will address this further in the Q and A segment of episode 66 of Porterhouse and Teal LIVE. Thanks for the question. 👊
I find this fascinating and like the format of your videos. Hoping to raise some sheep or cattle one day. Is this something that could be done on a smaller scale like 5 gal buckets. Hoping I could do smaller batches over the growing season. Wondering also is there a reason you resealed after 36 hours? Also wondering if water you used was unchlorinated.
Our water is unchlorinated from a well. Yes it can be done in buckets provided it is well packed and excluded from oxygen. The First 36 hours is a more biologically active period and it can tend to off gas and expel excess liquid. Once it settles down resealing is a good idea. Thanks for watching and good luck!
The molasses is the food source for the bacteria. Without it fermentation will not occur and instead you would have an anaerobic green slimy end product.
We made corn silage and grass silage for years on our dairy farm..filled silos and later on big pits or trenches..sides made of dirt..in both cases we used nothing but the forage..no added anything.. filling the pits we used a bulldozer to push the silage around and compact it...covered it with plastic then sawdust on the plastic to hold it down and to keep air out..both ways made wonderful silage..there would be some spoilage on sides and top but minimal..cows loved it...
Can you share with us the brand of molasses you use? I'm having trouble finding it. We use quite a bit at our worm farm, and blackstrap is getting pretty pricey, even buying it by the gallon.
It's 79.5 brix cane molasses manufactured for Farmers Warehouse.. There is no brand associated with the label. If you want to see the label shoot me an email.
There was never any claim as to how many animals could be fed with what was made in this video. It was merely intended to show what can be done with excess crop residue. Sorry this wasn't clear.
as a result of your video, I am now embarking on a pilot program in delivering low scale silage production is an Asian country. I am now negotiating with their Dept of Agriculture and animal husbandry in developing a pilot program to achieve self-efficiency in remote dry farming areas, So, many thanks.
Watching from Poland. Will try this back in Uganda. Thanks so much gentlemen
You're welcome!
Great presentation. To be honest, I was concerned about using molasses as it is an expensive commodity, which I use daily in my diet, so I appreciated you sharing that a low grade formula will work well for this.
Yeah substandard grade is cheap in comparison to the unsulphured backstrap molasses. Your feed store may stock it or may get it for you if you ask. 😉
Great. Is there any way to get the air out instead of stumping on it? Thanks
Love your stuff, I get a new idea from almost every video. Question, you say you are going to supplement your steers feed with the silage. How much silage would you feed a day?
Ideally this would be fed free choice but I only have a small amount which I will just use to supplement the hay and grain I am feeding and when it's gone it's gone. I will probably mix a few lbs. per day to the total ration.
Thank you!! I'm absolutely going to do this this year! I already have everything to do it including a mulcher and corn stalks.
Yeah give it a go! Just make sure you seal the barrel really well to exclude all oxygen.
Pretty cool. Is this something you have done in the past? I had bought a gas powered chipper and it absolutely sucked. I used it for 2 hours then took it to an auction house. It couldn't handle my branches. Seems like i should have held onto it for this. I'm thinking sudan grass (or its hybrid) as it has smaller stalks than corn. Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching and glad you dug the video. I haven't made this for years but I first learned how to make this in high school from my ag teacher. A mulcher/shredder would be the ticket for doing this. 👌
Great work man!
You are so great sir. Thank you so very much
So nice of you. Thanks 👊
Watching from Nigeria ❤ stay blessed sir
Thanks for watching! 😉
Molasses and salt with water would be great? What do you think?
This could be a good idea but it really depends on how much salt you put in to achieve the desired outcome. Personally I think it is a better approach to separate the sodium and minerals and let the animal determine how much of it they need. I will address this further in the Q and A segment of episode 66 of Porterhouse and Teal LIVE. Thanks for the question. 👊
I find this fascinating and like the format of your videos. Hoping to raise some sheep or cattle one day. Is this something that could be done on a smaller scale like 5 gal buckets. Hoping I could do smaller batches over the growing season. Wondering also is there a reason you resealed after 36 hours? Also wondering if water you used was unchlorinated.
Our water is unchlorinated from a well. Yes it can be done in buckets provided it is well packed and excluded from oxygen. The First 36 hours is a more biologically active period and it can tend to off gas and expel excess liquid. Once it settles down resealing is a good idea. Thanks for watching and good luck!
Do you have to put molasses in? Wats its ourpose could you just pack with grass?
The molasses is the food source for the bacteria. Without it fermentation will not occur and instead you would have an anaerobic green slimy end product.
We made corn silage and grass silage for years on our dairy farm..filled silos and later on big pits or trenches..sides made of dirt..in both cases we used nothing but the forage..no added anything.. filling the pits we used a bulldozer to push the silage around and compact it...covered it with plastic then sawdust on the plastic to hold it down and to keep air out..both ways made wonderful silage..there would be some spoilage on sides and top but minimal..cows loved it...
Watching from Kenya 🇰🇪
Thanks much! 👋
Can you share with us the brand of molasses you use? I'm having trouble finding it. We use quite a bit at our worm farm, and blackstrap is getting pretty pricey, even buying it by the gallon.
It's 79.5 brix cane molasses manufactured for Farmers Warehouse.. There is no brand associated with the label. If you want to see the label shoot me an email.
Check your local feed store or Ag Co op stores..
From Sulman in Gambia
Very impressive
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you
You are welcome 😊
Harmful content alert 🚨!! Lol just kidding. Love the content
LOL anything that is self-sustaining is harmful. LOL
Haha! 😉
I see people where iam from using jaggery instead of molasses ,
1kg of jaggery cost half a dollar i think
I suppose jaggery made from sugar cane would work awesome as well. 👌
great idea, but this small volume, although a good example of a bigger process, will not support any animal for a long time
There was never any claim as to how many animals could be fed with what was made in this video. It was merely intended to show what can be done with excess crop residue. Sorry this wasn't clear.
as a result of your video, I am now embarking on a pilot program in delivering low scale silage production is an Asian country. I am now negotiating with their Dept of Agriculture and animal husbandry in developing a pilot program to achieve self-efficiency in remote dry farming areas, So, many thanks.