Fact vs. Fiction
Alfalfa. The richest in protein of all
forage crops. But when it’s baled or
stacked, a lot of those valuable nutri
ents are lost forever. Lost to shattering.
To weather damage. To feed bunk waste.
But with Harvestore processed alfalfa
haylage, you’re able to take full advan
tage of the protein-rich alfalfa plant.
For profitable feeding facts, read these
university research reports. For enjoy
able fiction, visit your public library.
University of Wisconsin
"In a three year trial
comparing roughage
rations of hay and
grass silage stored
in a Harvestore with
cessed haylage from
the same field, results showed milk
production averaged 45.6 lbs. of fat
corrected milk daily on the haylage
ration compared to 42.2 lbs. of fat
corrected milk daily on the grass silage
ration. This difference of 3.4 lbs. was
highly significant.” (D-86)
University of Illinois
c 1 "In two tests compar-
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/ O silage to Harvestore
\. W processed haylage,
\ the results showed:
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and supplement gained 6.4% faster
than steers receiving hay as their source
of roughage. The haylage-fed cattle
gained significantly faster than the
silage-fed cattle. Haylage produced the
cheaper gains.” (B-37)
Ohio Agriculture Research & De
velopment Center
pound of ground ear
com on a dry matter basis when fed
between 50% and 60% of the total
ration to dairy cattle. Cows preferred
a high dry matter silage (haylage)
over silage made by direct chopping.
They ate more forage and responded
with greater milk production.” (D-19)
Harvestorc
Harvestored pro-
"Steers fed haylage.
"Under research con
ditions at the Ohio
Experiment Station,
tests show that one
pound of alfalfa hay
lage replaced one
haylage
South Dakota State University
"Steers fed the forage
with added water
and stored in an air
tightsilogained 7.1%
faster than those fed
9
11.1% faster than
those fed baled hay. The improvement
in feed efficiency over baled and
chopped hay amounted to 13.5 and
11.5%.” (B-89)
The information contained herein is
general in nature and is drawn from
sources deemed to be reliable. Any
application to a particular farming op
eration requires the advice of qualified
experts and is subject to limitations of
good management, weather and other
conditions present at the individual
location.
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