harvesting & storing forages. what factors determine time to harvest forage?
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Harvesting & Harvesting & Storing ForagesStoring Forages
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What factors What factors determine time to determine time to harvest forage?harvest forage?
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•Balance between Balance between quality and yieldquality and yield
•Weather conditionsWeather conditions
-rain leaches nutrients-rain leaches nutrients
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How is forage How is forage quality quality
determined?determined?
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Physical AppearancePhysical Appearance
•Visual AppearanceVisual Appearance
•ColorColor
•Odor (pleasant)Odor (pleasant)
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Chemical AnalysisChemical Analysis•Protein ContentProtein Content•Fiber ContentFiber Content•DigestibilityDigestibility•Lignin ContentLignin Content
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When should When should forages be forages be harvested?harvested?
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•Harvest Harvest beforebefore the crop is the crop is fully maturefully mature
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What methods What methods are used to are used to
harvest harvest forages?forages?
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GrazingGrazing
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Dry Hay Dry Hay SystemsSystems
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•Square BalesSquare Bales
•Round BalesRound Bales
•HaystackHaystack
•Field CubesField Cubes
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High Moisture High Moisture SystemsSystems
•Green ChoppedGreen Chopped
•Haylage (40-60%)Haylage (40-60%)
•Silage (60-70%)Silage (60-70%)
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Special ForageSpecial ForageProcessing SystemsProcessing Systems
•Stationary CubersStationary Cubers
•Pelleting MachinesPelleting Machines
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Causes of Causes of DeteriorationDeterioration
•Harvest (late or early)Harvest (late or early)
•Bailing (wet / too dry)Bailing (wet / too dry)
•Improper storageImproper storage
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How can forage How can forage deterioration be deterioration be
preventedprevented??
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•Proper Proper harvestharvest timetime, , methodsmethods, and , and moisture moisture contentcontent
•Maintain storage facilitiesMaintain storage facilities
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What are the What are the basic storage basic storage
requirements of requirements of forages?forages?
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Dry HayDry Hay•Weather protectionWeather protection•Pest protectionPest protection•Adequate ventilationAdequate ventilation
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Silage / HaylageSilage / Haylage•Weather protectionWeather protection
•Pest protectionPest protection•Air tight facilityAir tight facility
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Silage / HaylageSilage / Haylage•Convenient for Convenient for filling, emptying, filling, emptying, monitoring, & monitoring, & cleaningcleaning
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What are ways What are ways to improve to improve
field drying?field drying?
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•Swath dryingSwath drying
•Windrow dryingWindrow drying
•Conditioning Conditioning
•Chemical additivesChemical additives
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