Density profile of herbage silage in bunker silos

2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  D'Amours, Luc ^a   Savoie, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bunker; Density; Packing; Silage; Timothy

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BUNKER; DENSITY; SILAGE; TIMOTHY;

COMPACTION; FARMS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

EID: 70349124213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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