Wisconsin Diary Farm

by Janette Boyd

Title

Wisconsin Diary Farm

Artist

Janette Boyd

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Photograph - Photo/texture

Description

Photo of typical Wisconsin diary farm with silo and barns for milking cows.

Featured by the following FAA Groups:
*Wisconsin Flowers and Sce
*Barns and Silos
*Just Buildings

Farm silos are storage structures for silages used for livestock feed. Silos are still a common fixture in dairy operations across the US. Silage is formed by microbial fermentation of plant material under near oxygen free conditions. Whole plant corn silage is made by chopping the entire plant finely. Haylage is silage composed of wilted grass or Alfalfa dried and chopped finely.
Under normal conditions, silage producing microbial fermentation produces lactic and acetic acids until acidity reaches a high enough level that growth of all micro-organisms stop growing after 2-3 weeks. With well stored silage foods in a near oxygen free storage, the quality and tast of the feed is maintained until the material is exposed to oxygen, which causes silage to deteriorate quickly. .
These are tower type silos, used more by dairy farmers, and were for storage of food used extensively in winter feeding to maintain milk production. Concrete silos are seen less as other materials are used to store the silage.

Texture courtesy of FAA Artist, Pamela Phelps.

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November 17th, 2013

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