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Florida’s climate makes conserving forages for later feeding challenging. Traditional hay harvest systems require optimal cutting, drying, and baling weather conditions. The use of round bale silage overcomes several of the challenges to hay production in Florida and offer an attractive compliment to traditional hay harvest systems. Learn more in this 6-page fact sheet written by Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift, and Joel Yelich, and published by the UF Department of Animal Science, August 2011. (Photo: Thomas Wright, UF/IFAS)
AN266/AN266: Comparison of Hay or Round Bale Silage as a Means to Conserve Forage (ufl.edu)
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Bates, D. B., W. E. Kunkle, T. E. Dawson, A. Berthe, S. C. Denham, C. G. Chambliss, R. C. Cromwell, J. G. Wasdin, D. L. Wakeman. "Round Bale Silage-A Forage Harvesting Alternative." Florida Beef Cattle Short Course. (1989). Accessed May 17, 2011. http://www.animal.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/beef/shortcourse/1989/BATES.PDF
Collins, M., D. Ditsch, J. C. Henning, L. W. Turner, S. Isaacs, and G. D. Lacefield. Round Bale Hay Storage in Kentucky. Univ. of Kentucky Coop. Ext. Serv. AGR-171. Accessed May 17, 2011. http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/agr/agr171/agr171.pdf
Edwards, W., and A. Johanns. 2010 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey. Accessed December 8, 2010. Iowa State University A3-10. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/crops/pdf/a3-10.pdf
Kunkle, W. E. "Harvesting, storing, and feeding forages as round bale silage." University of Florida/IFAS Extension Electronic Data Information Service AN145, (2003). Accessed May 17, 2011. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AN145