Quantification of mechanical forage conditioning by compressibility

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Savoie, P ^a   Roberge, M ^b   Tremblay, D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Conditioning; Density; Drying; Forage; Maceration; Mowing

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CROPS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; MECHANISMS; PRESSURE;

ALFALFA; FORAGE; MACERATION; MECHANICAL FORAGE CONDITIONING; MOWING;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030181442     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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