in the course of this study, empirical models were developed for the pressure-density relationship in a large cubic baler for baling alfalfa and barley straw. least squares regression analysis was employed to develop the empirical model and estimate the model coefficients by minimizing the summation of the squared differences between data resulting from the developed empirical model and the cor...

This study aimed to assess the effect of the number of straw bales (SBs) provided on the behaviour and leg health of commercial broiler chickens. Houses containing ~23 000 broiler chickens were assigned to one of two treatments: (1) access to 30 SBs per house, '30SB' or (2) access to 45 SB per house, '45SB'. This equated to bale densities of 1 bale/44 m2 and 1 bale/29 m2 of floor space within h...

Yield monitoring is one of the most important operations for efficient management of agricultural fields. One of the common methods used to monitor hay yield variability is to monitor the hay mass flow rate inside the baler chamber during hay baling process.Therefore, this study on a 10 ha field was conducted to investigate the performance of a hay mass flow monitoring system mounted on a large...

yield monitoring is one of the essential steps in the implementation of precision farming. yield maps derived from yield monitoring system, clearly show crop yield variations. research reports on preparing hay and forage yield maps are fewer in number and extent than those on grain crop. in this research, a method was developed for estimating alfalfa hay yield from a map developed for a small s...

Until recently, the Bale monkey (Chlorocebus djamdjamensis), an arboreal primate endemic to the southern Ethiopian highlands, remained virtually unstudied, and its distribution pattern inadequately documented. To broaden our knowledge of the species' distribution and abundance, we carried out interviews with local people and total count surveys for Bale monkeys across 67 fragmented forest sites...

A demonstration was conducted to examine the stored forage yield and stored forage quality of two different hay forage management systems. The forage management systems were a hay harvest only system or a complimentary hayround bale silage harvest system. The hay system harvested bermudagrass forage as hay during the summer when weather conditions allowed, the complimentary system harvested ber...

When hay is first baled stored, it may go through a “sweat”, an increase in bale temperature. This increase in bale temperature is a combination of plant, bacteria, yeast, and fungi respiration. Plant soluble carbohydrates, principally sugars, are the source of energy for this respiration and increase in heat. As hay storage time increases, the hay loses Dry Matter (DM), and increases in Neutra...

In southeastern regions of the US, herbage systems are primarily based on grazing or hay feeding with low nutritive value warm-season perennial grasses. Nutritious herbage such as annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) may be more suitable for preserving as baleage for winter feeding even with more intensive production inputs. Emerging in-line wrapped baleage storage systems featuring rapid ...

Department of Biology, Madawalabu University, Post Box No: 247, Bale Zone, Robe, Ethiopia. Department of Chemistry, Madawalabu University, Post Box No: 247, Bale Zone, Robe, Ethiopia Department of Microbiology, Sri Sankara Art s and Science College (Affiliated to Madras University), Enathur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Zoology-DDE Wing, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608...

Beginning in the mid-1970s, standard small-bale forage balers began to be replaced by large-bale balers in the agricultural industry. The chance for serious injury or death to workers grows with the size and weight of bales. Bales that weigh more than 750 pounds put workers at especially high risk. According to NIOSH analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occ...