Laboratory assessment of bunker silo density Part I: Alfalfa and grass

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-164

  Muck, Richard E ^a   Savoie, Philippe ^b   Holmes, Brian J ^c  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bunker; Density; Packing; Silage

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKING; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

ALFALFA; BUNKER; SILAGE;

AGRICULTURE;

DACTYLIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SILO;

EID: 2942594820     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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