Project Overview
FNE02-401
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2002: $763.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2002
Region: Northeast
State: Maine
Project Leader:
Annual Reports
Commodities
- Agronomic: general silage crops, grass (misc. perennial), hay
Practices
- Animal Production: feed/forage, stockpiled forages
- Production Systems: general crop production
Proposal summary:
New silage tubers start at about $10,000. The farmer, who has an engineering background, will develop a design for a simple farm-built silage tuber and offer the design and construction guidelines to other farmers so they can either build the equipment or hire a welder to build one for them. He will have a prototype silage tuber for demonstration and product development, and he will invite other farmers to his farm to see it. He will also work with extension to disseminate his results.
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