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Forage Crops :: PIT SILOS
PIT SILOS
CROPS USED FOR SILAGE MAKING
STAGE OF HARVESTING
CHOPPING
SILO FILLING AND SEALING

  • It is shaped like the tower silo, but inverted into the ground and resembles a well. This can be made only in places where the water table is low enough (in semi- arid or in arid regions) that the silo will not fill with water.

Size of Silos Based on Cattle Numbers

Number of Adult Cow

Diameter of Silo
(Metre)

Height of Silo
(Metre)

Tonnes of Silage

12

3.05

7.93

39.4

20

3.66

8.23

56.4

30

4.27

9.14

84.6

50

5.49

10.68

141.0

100

6.10

11.89

282.0




Pit Silos

Content Validator: Dr. K. N. Ganesan, Prof & Head , Dept. of Forage Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore.
Updated on Apr 2023