Posted 11/21/2024 19:18 (#10977396 - in reply to #10977360) Subject: RE: Can a sileage pile be used to heat your house?
Central ND
Costanza - 11/21/2024 18:59
outsidethebox - 11/21/2024 11:23
A heating pile of feed is a compost pile. A silage pile has been packed to express as much oxygen as possible, and will not heat for long before becoming anaerobic, and fermenting.
Is the silage not hot when it's fed?? Maybe not "hot" but pretty warm.
I asked a couple of local ranchers this same question a year ago, and was told in no uncertain terms that a proper pile is completely cooled off when you open it up. If it's still warm, you're losing food value.
I said, my grandpa's piles were always warm in the winter. They said, did he measure and weigh everything fed? Have rations and whatnot, or just feed what he thought the cows should get?
Can a sileage pile be used to heat your house?
