MILLET SILAGE COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL GRASSES: QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE, AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

Authors

  • Reginaldo Jacovetti Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Aldi Fernandes de Souza França Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil
  • Roberta Aparecida Carnevalli Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brasil
  • Eliane Sayuri Miyagi Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-2515
  • Ludmilla Costa Brunes Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9012-520X
  • Daniel Staciarini Corrêa Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2418-1961

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-6891v19e-26539

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Forrage production

Abstract

In this assay, we evaluated morphological composition, agronomic parameters, dry matter yield, and the silage fermentative process from pearl millet, sorghum, and corn plant with or without ears within different silos opening times (3, 7, 15, 30, 60, and 120 days). Effluent and gas release from silages were also evaluated besides its chemical composition and protein fractioning. Production costs of all silages were estimated. We also estimate milk production according to different silages dry matter production. Evaluated cultivars were, ADR-7010 (pearl millet), BRS-610 (sorghum), AG-5055 (corn), and IAC-86-2480 (sugarcane). Significant differences were observed for both production as well as chemical composition and production costs. Pearl millet did not prove to be competitive when compared with other forages. However, as winter crop, pearl millet could be profitable due to the low water exigencies when compared to the other crops.
Keywords: chemical composition; CNCPS; dry matter yield; grasses; production costs.

 

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Published

2018-10-02

How to Cite

JACOVETTI, Reginaldo; FRANÇA, Aldi Fernandes de Souza; CARNEVALLI, Roberta Aparecida; MIYAGI, Eliane Sayuri; BRUNES, Ludmilla Costa; CORRÊA, Daniel Staciarini. MILLET SILAGE COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL GRASSES: QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE, AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 19, p. 1–16, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/1809-6891v19e-26539. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-26539. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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ANIMAL SCIENCE