The effect of maize crop cutting height and the maturity at harvest on maize silage chemical composition and fermentation quality in silo

Maize silage (MS) has become one of the major energy components in ruminant nutrition. The maize crop is suitable for ensiling and high dry matter (DM) yield nutritive value. aim this review to provide a comprehensive overview effect cutting height maturity at harvest on chemical composition MS fermentation quality silo. With an increase maturity, content increases about 400 g DM/kg fresh crop, after which it does not change, crude protein (CP) CP or remains same, ash decreases starch increases, neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid (ADF) lignin (ADL) same. have no pH value, lactic, acetic neither butyric but amount ethanol ammonium nitrogen (NH3-N) MS.