Breakage susceptibility studies on alfalfa and animal feed pellets

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Larsen, T B ^a   Sokhansanj, S ^a   Patil, R T ^a   Crerar, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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