Editing Forage harvester (section)

{{Short description|Harvesting machine}}
[[File:Forage harvester.jpg|thumb|Forage harvester <br> ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forage_harvester_video.webm Click for video])]]
A '''forage harvester'''{{Snd}}also known as a '''silage harvester''', '''forager''' or '''chopper'''{{Snd}}is a [[farm implement]] that harvests [[forage]] plants to make silage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/contractors-spend-15m-on-forage-harvesters-38437290.html|title=Contractors spend €15m on forage harvesters|website=independent|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> [[Silage]] is [[grass]], [[maize|corn]] or [[hay]], which has been chopped into small pieces, and compacted together in a [[storage silo]], silage bunker, or in silage bags.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silage|title=Definition of SILAGE|website=merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>  It is then fermented to provide feed for [[livestock]]. [[Haylage]] is a similar process to silage but using grass which has dried.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/forage-focus-producing-20000-bales-of-haylage-in-co-tipperary/|title=Forage focus: Producing 20,000 bales of haylage in Co. Tipperary|last=Walsh|first=Siobhán|date=2018-01-20|website=Agriland.ie|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>