Ensilage vs. Silage — What's the Difference?

The process of storing and fermenting green fodder in a silo.

Silage () is a type of fodder made from green foliage crops which have been preserved by acidification, achieved through fermentation. It can be fed to cattle, sheep and other such ruminants (cud-chewing animals).

Fodder preserved in a silo; silage.

Grass or other green fodder compacted and stored in airtight conditions, typically in a silo, without first being dried, and used as animal feed in the winter.

To ensile.

Make silage

The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.

Fodder prepared by compressing and fermenting green forage crops under anaerobic conditions, usually in a silo.

(archaic) silage.

Fermented green forage fodder stored in an airtight silo or clamp.

(transitive) To preserve in a silo.

To ensile.

The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder.

Short for Ensilage.

The fodder preserved in a silo.

Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.

Fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo