If you’re a dairy farmer, there’s a host of excellent reasons to get yourself down to Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the end of March. None more essential than a visit to Tire Sidewall Depot’s booth #483C at the upcoming 2016 Central Plains Dairy Expo. Believe it or not, despite the importance of keeping silage contaminant-free, many dairy producers consider the labor-intensive, cumbersome job of properly sealing their silage bunkers unworthy of the time and effort required. They likely don’t realize that, left unprotected, dry matter losses in the top one to three feet can exceed 60% to 70%; a real problem since the heftiest portion of the silage is usually located there.