TY - CHAP AU - João Paulo F. Ramos AU - Edson M. Santos AU - Ana Paula M. Santos AU - Wandrick Hauss de Souza AU - Juliana Silva Oliveira ED - Thiago da Silva ED - Edson Mauro Santos Y1 - 2016-11-16 PY - 2016 T1 - Ensiling of Forage Crops in Semiarid Regions N2 - Ensiling is a technique that is used to store food, mainly vegetable crops, to feed the herd when the forage supply from the pastures is not enough to maintain the productive performance of the ruminant animals. However, silage can also be used as substrate for biogas production and other different purposes. In the past years, we have seen many advances in the knowledge about silage production utilization, and this book is a compilation and discussion of the outstanding scientific research activities concerning actually the most recent advances and technologies that have been studied about silage and future demands. It is directed to a broad public of readers - farmers, academics, students, or anyone just curious or interested in the subject. BT - Advances in Silage Production and Utilization SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/65446 DO - 10.5772/65446 SN - 978-953-51-2778-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -