energy costs have led to large amount of this agro- industrial by- product being market in wet form. One of the problems encountered in using wet barley distillers’ grain is limited storage window and problem in handling wet material. Fresh BDG contain about 70%-80% moisture and it can store in silage to extend shelf life However, there is limited research information available on improving BDG silage with different silage additives. Triplicate samples of 3.5 kg of wet BDG were treated with molasses (2 and 4% DM), sulfuric acid (2 and 4% of DM) and urea (2 and 4% DM) and compacted with vacuum in double-lined plastic tube. Plastic tubes were sealed and stored in ambient temperature about 25 ºC up to 60 days. After 6 days mini- silos were opened and samples were taken from each replication for analysis. Results indicated that ensiled BDG with 4% urea had a higher NH3-N, pH, crude protein and ADF than other treatments and However, pH for silage containing sulfuric acid (4%) was lowest. The NDF percentage in urea treatment (2%) was higher than other treatments but organic mattered was higher in silage contained sulfuric acid.

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