Alfalfa and Timothy Nutritive Value in Contrasting Agroclimatic Regions

Inoculant effects on alfalfa silage: fermentation products and nutritive value.

The effect of 14 microbial inoculants on the fermentation and nutritive value of alfalfa silages was studied under laboratory conditions. The first cut (477 g of dry matter/kg) and second cut (393 g of dry matter/kg) of a second-year alfalfa stand were ensiled in 2 trials. In both trials alfalfa was harvested with standard field equipment. All inoculants were applied at 1.0 x 10(6) cfu/g of cro...

Aspects of productivity,morphological characteristics and nutritive value of two native and four introduced cultivars of alfalfa

The effect of wide swathing on wilting times and nutritive value of alfalfa haylage.

On 3 consecutive cuttings, alfalfa from a single field was mowed with a John Deere 946 mower-conditioner (4-m cut width; Moline, IL) to leave narrow swaths (NS) ranging from 1.2 to 1.52 m wide (30-37% of cutter bar width) and wide swaths (WS) ranging from 2.44 to 2.74 m wide (62-67% of cutter bar width). Samples were collected from windrows and dry matter (DM) was monitored during wilting until...

Development of yield and nutritive value of timothy in primary growth and regrowth in northern growing conditions

The development of the yield and nutritive value of timothy (Phleum pratense L.) both in the primary growth and in the regrowth were studied at MTT Plant Production Research, a unit of MTT Agrifood Research Finland, in Rovaniemi (66°35 ́N) in 1999–2001. The dry matter yield and leaf to stem ratio were measured from the crop samples, and the contents of crude protein and organic matter digestibil...

nutritive value and quality performance comparison of seventeen superior cold-region alfalfa ecotypes, in ruminant nutrition

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