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Recent Examples of silage
The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach.
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IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air.
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Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Aug. 2024
There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
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The Arizona Republic,
5 Mar. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2025
Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air.
—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Aug. 2024
There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
—
The Arizona Republic,
5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silage
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There, boys were encouraged to march, fight, hunt, forage and live in the outdoors like soldiers.
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Despite thriving in shallow, weedy, mucky areas, snakeheads do not gravitate to decaying forage.
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Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
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Be sure to use lidded containers for trash and animal feed, and find other ways to attract birds while keeping other critters away.
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Though Rutinel does not identify as a socialist, Kiros’s ascendancy — the first major socialist victory outside of New York this cycle — is likely to provide ample fodder for Evans and his allies in the heavily Latino district.
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The lawsuits included one filed against the club by real estate broker Archie Drury and his wife, supermodel Karolina Kurkova, which became tabloid fodder when it was filed in February 2025.
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The shipment includes emergency health kits for urgent medical care, including supplies for safe births, newborn care, disease prevention and treatment, according to the United Nations.
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At donation centers across Miami-Dade County, members of the Venezuelan community are collecting supplies for victims while anxiously waiting for news from home.
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“Silage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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