A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000 JAYNE SEBRIGHT Lancaster Farming Staff MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin Co.) Farmers, Extension agents, and industry profession als met in Middletown on Thursday to discuss “Profitable Storage For Your Farm.” The Crop Storage Institute spon sored the meeting and provided lunch for all attendees. The featured speaker was Tobina Schmidt, a graduate stu Speakers at Thursday’s Profitable Feed Storage For Your Farm meeting included (from left) Jason Van Gilder, a Somerset Co. dairy farmer; Drew Freeman, from the Crop Storage Institute; and Tobina Schmidt, graduate student from Kansas State University. PORTABLE HYDRAULIC UNITS ♦ Honda Powered ♦ 13” Tires for easy maneuvering ♦ Unit can be easily removed for stationary mounting ♦ Also Custom Hydraulic Units (stationary or portable) 343 Christiana Pike Christiana, PA 17509 Answering Service 1-610-593-2753 Duraßed COW MATTRESS The Only One Of Its Kind 80 ax. 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Annual costs, plastic tears, plas tic disposal, and contractor de pendability were listed as the bad aspects of the bags. Poor packing density, mold, air infil tration, and spoilage as high as 50 percent were listed as the “ugly.” Good aspects of horizontal silos, such as trenches and bunk ers, were low initial costs, high volume, and fast unloading time. The bad aspects of hori zontal silos included silo con tamination, side spoilage, effluent run-off, large exposed surface, and crucial packing density. The ugly aspect is that it must be covered. Schmidt also reviewed a study comparing animals fed normal silage and animals fed a mixture of normal silage and spoiled silage. The Kansas State study showed that dry matter intake significantly decreases with greater percentages of spoiled silage in the ration. “We recommend that people put top spoilage in a pile and do not feed it,” said Schmidt. 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