Making LBS is labour intensive, and does need care and attention for success. It has to fit the local livestock and farming systems, and having expenses has to be linked to semi-commercialization of production.

The quality of bags for LBS is important. High rather than low density plastic reduces potential for tearing. The seal must be without holes, and this may relate to factory practice. If holes are present along the seal, sticky tape or tar/mastic may be used to repair seals as the bags are tied. Inner bags do tend to get damaged, but the thicker gauge bags used for the extension trial in Nepal were less damaged to an extent where two rather than three layers of bags may have been sufficient. Initially commercially available shopping bags were used. These happened to be strong enough for the purpose. Some bags are thin and flimsy, as found in China, and these would not be suitable. As in Nepal, discussions with local plastic bag makers will be useful. It happened in Pakistan and Nepal that shopping bags could readily hold 5 kg of chopped green fodder; if larger bags are available, or if handles are omitted, larger quantities could be made per bag. This will reduce the costs of bags per kg silage stored, and reduce losses from damage and surface moulds. However the amount stored per bag should relate to feeding practices, although it is easy to reseal little bags so that feeding of silage from individual bags could readily be spread over 1-2 days even in hot climates

A key feature of Little Bag Silage is that it allows conservation of available fodder in small quantities over a long period of time. This strongly contrasts with traditional silage making techniques where large amounts of fodder must be harvested and chopped at one time. Thus a small-holder family might be able to conserve a couple of bags of LBS a day over a 100 day growing season, which would allow their milking animal to be fed one bag of LBS a day over a 200 day dry season. This fodder might include leafy grass weeds harvested from the crop fields, terraces and bunds, which could readily be partly air-dried under shelter a little at a time before chopping and ensiling. In Nepal, leaves were progressively removed from maize plants as they commenced to senesce, and these would make excellent LBS.

Fermentation characteristics of little bag silage depend on the fodder being conserved. Fodder with high sugar content, whether from specialized temperate or tropical fodder crops or from temperate leafy pasture, will conserve well. Fodder with low sugar content is more likely to rot than ferment, and this has led to a bad reputation for silage in general in the tropics. Problem fodders include mature C4 pasture grasses harvested in the rains, legumes in general, and possibly tree fodder. Wet grasses must be partially dried before ensiling, under shelter if it is still raining, and legumes should also be wilted.