Silo

How it is used

Grain silos are made of steel or concrete and fitted with aeration fans and temperature sensors. Silage is often kept in bunker silos or in wrapped bales instead of tower silos. Farmers fill, empty and ventilate silos.

Example sentences

1. The cooperative built two steel silos with a total capacity of 10,000 tonnes.

2. Check the grain temperature in the silo every week during summer.

Common collocations

• grain silo
• steel silo
• bunker silo
• silo capacity
• fill a silo

Related terms

• silageGreen fodder such as maize or grass that is chopped, packed tightly and stored without air, so that it ferments and keeps as feed for months.
• moisture contentThe amount of water in grain, hay, soil or another material, usually given as a percentage of its weight.
• cerealA grass grown for its edible grain, such as wheat, barley, maize, rice, oats or rye; also the grain itself.
• cold storageKeeping fresh produce at low, controlled temperatures and humidity to slow ripening and decay; also the building or room used for this.
• post-harvest lossThe amount or value of a crop that is lost between harvest and sale or consumption, because of damage, decay, pests, poor handling or bad storage.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• silo · Management & Leadership

More terms: Harvest and Storage

• harvest
• ripe
• grading
• packhouse