Week 4
Roughages |
 |
 |
Instructions for listening to audio clips
- Download the QuickTime
Player to listen to the audio files.
- Read the QuickTime
Instructions for installation help.
- Download the RealPlayer to listen to the audio files
- Instructions are on the RealPlayer download page
High moisture forages - Greenchop
Text Transcript
Follow along with the audio...
- In U.S., integrated in seasonal feeding program of many dairy and beef operations
- Also known as soiling or zero grazing
- Figure 9.9 - Greenchop
- Production
- Forage cut and chopped in field
- Transported and fed fresh
- Primarily fed to confined
- Harvested and fed once or twice per day
- Figure 9.10 – Field chopper
- Available during forage growing season
- Examples of forages used include grasses, legumes, and grain forages
- Nutritional value
- Stage of maturity at harvest important
- Compared to pasture, hay, or silage, greatest opportunity to maximize digestible nutrient yield per unit land
- Minimizes losses in DM, moisture, color, and nutrients
- Minimizes influence of weather during harvest
- Daily requirement for labor and equipment
- In general, supplemented with additional forages, concentrates, minerals, and vitamins
|
