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1. A method of suppressing mold, heating, and spoilage in cut forage products, the method comprising:
providing at least one cut forage product selected from the group consisting of alfalfa hay, alfalfa silage, grass hay, grass silage, grain hay, grain silage, cereal grain, hay, barley hay, wheat hay, oat hay, rye hay, and triticale hay, barley silage, wheat silage, oat silage, rye silage, triticale silage, corn silage, corn, rolled corn, flaked corn, cracked corn, and processed corn; and spraying a coating on said at least one cut forage product to suppress mold, heating, and spoilage in said at least one forage product, wherein the coating comprises polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) of the formula R3-SiO[Si(CH3)2O]nSi—R3 where R is any organic or inorganic functional group and n is any number, of 2 or more, of repeating monomer units; wherein said spraying of the coating is performed up to 14 days after cutting said at least one cut forage product from a field of growing plants. |