The article covers the main requirements for the bulky food quality
when feeding dairy cattle. Silage, wilted grass silage and haylage are succulent feeds
that form the basis of dairy farming diet and can reach up to 80% of it. A comparative
study of succulent feed has showed that silage and haylage harvested from wilted
perennial legumes contain more whole protein (by 29.14% and 37.25%, respectively),
feed units (by 12.00% and 19.23%) and less dry matter (by 24.93% and 4.36%),