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Why do my CO2 emissions increase when sending maize silage to storage vs exporting it off-farm?

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Maize silage sent to storage is assumed to be stored in a silage stack and wrapped in plastic. The increase in CO2 emissions is due to the embodied plastic energy and CO2 emissions estimated by the model from the use of plastic wrap.

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