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The use of Urea in Making Silage from Sweet Sorghum¹

Abstract

A prolonged fermentation noted where sweet sorghum alone was used for silage was diagnosed as possibly due to the low available nitrogen content of the plant. In an attempt to overcome this condition, urea was used as a nitrogen supplement to treat the sweet sorghum stored in one silo at the Mississippi Experiment Station in 1942. As a result, the prolonged fermentation was eliminated and the resulting silage was superior in carotene content, palatability, and general feeding value to that ordinarily made from this crop. Further studies are needed on the use of urea and other nitrogenous substances with sweet sorghum and other low protein crops being used for silage.

¹ Contribution from the Department of Animal Husbandry, Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station, State College, Mississippi, Published with the approval of the Director, Paper No. 71 New Series.