Table 1.

Chemical composition (%) of raw materials before ensiling (DM basis).

Item	Treatment
	CSL	Rice straw	CSL + rice straw1
DM	45.62	89.19	40.00
CP	37.00	3.23	9.95
NDF	0.04	69.09	54.82
ADF	0.06	43.18	34.12
Ash	15.57	14.8	15.41
WSC	6.95	2.9	3.25

CSL = corn steep liquor; NDF = neutral detergent fibre; ADF = acid detergent fibre; WSC = water-soluble carbohydrate.

¹The mixture of approximately 416 mL/kg (wet basis) deionized water, 356 g/kg air-dried rice straw (wet basis) and 178 g/kg CSL (wet basis).