The objective of the M. Sc. Thesis was to study the nutritional value of grass silage between 2018 and 2022 from farms in the Central Slovenian region. The study included 139 grass silage samples of first, second and subsequent mowing, which were analysed by NIRS at the LKS laboratory in Germany. The mean dry matter (DM) content of grass silage analysed was 425 g/kg. The average content of the other indicators analysed is as follows: crude ash 102 g/kg DM, crude protein 137 g/kg DM, crude fibre 270 g/kg DM, crude fat 32 g/kg DM, sugars 56 g/kg DM, Hohenheim gas test (HFT) 43.8 ml/200 mg DM, organic matter of acid insoluble detergent fibre (KDVom) 303 g/kg DM, pH 4.72, ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) 7.5 %, pepsin insoluble protein (PNB) 26.2 %, soluble protein content 54.2 %, metabolic energy 9.59 MJ/kg DM, Net energy of lactation (NEL) 5.68 MJ/kg DM, usable crude protein (nXP) 126 g/kg DM and nitrogen balance in the rumen (RNB) 2,0 g/kg DM. By analyzing variance, we assessed the impact of year and successive mowing on the nutritional value of grass silage. Statistically significant differences over the years were confirmed for crude fats, sugars, HFT, pH, NH3-N and RNB. Statistically significantly higher levels of crude protein, nXP and RNB had silage of second and further mowing, while crude fiber and HFT content was statistically significant higher for the first mowing. Statistically significant and positive estimation of correlation coefficients were confirmed between soluble protein content and HFT (r = 0.336) and DM and HFT (r = 0.192). Statistically significant but negative estimation of correlation coefficients were confirmed between crude ash and HFT (r = -0.432), PNB and HFT (r = -0.456), NH3-N and HFT (r = -0.322), KDVom and HFT (r = -0.316), and pH and HFT (r = - 0.257), However, the highest correlation score was found between sugars and HFT (r = 0.762).
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