Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding Forages as Round Bale Silage
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Kunkle, William E. 2004. “Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding Forages As Round Bale Silage: AN145/AN145, 10/2003”. EDIS 2004 (4). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-an145-2003.

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This paper will review the research, experiences, and challenges of the round bale harvesting, storing, and feeding system. This document is AN145, one of a series of the Department of Animal Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS. Published October 2003.

AN145/AN145: Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding Forages as Round Bale Silage (ufl.edu)

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Cromwell, R.P., W.E. Kunkle, and C.G. Chambliss. 1994a. Equipment for preserving forage as round-bale silage. Cooperative Extension Service, Circular 1071, 7 pp, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.

Cromwell, R.P., W.E. Kunkle, G.D. Sadler, and C.G. Chambliss. 1994b. The plastic wrapper is the key to making high quality round bale silage. Cooperative Extension Service, Circular 1072, 6 pp, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.

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