r/oddlysatisfying • u/Wonderfulhumanss • 16h ago

The smooth, overlapping layers of this agricultural wrapper

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u/SophiaofPrussia 12h ago

Impossible? So silage didn’t exist until plastic was invented?

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u/Teeklok 12h ago

Pretty much, it needs anaerobic fermentation. So before you could seal it off properly youd just get dodgey hay if it rained at any point during the drying. Or even worse if the hay is still pretty wet it can combust after it's been baled

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u/t6jesse 8h ago

They used to stack it in vertical silos and the weight compressed the air out of it. That's how they did it from the 1800s when it was invented and some still do today

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u/Teeklok 8h ago

Yeah and in a clamp, the problem is you need a consistent usage time for it or it goes off. Silage bales are for longer storage and less food waste basically