Abstract
ABSTRACT A new forage mechanical conditioning system forms a thin compressed mat after severe conditioning by shredding between high speed rotating grooved rolls (maceration) in order to accelerate field drying. In the process, a significant amount of juice may be extracted from the forage. The juice may either be poured back on top of the mat, or recovered and processed. Experimental results showed that an average of 15% of wet alfalfa can be extracted as juice containing on average 9.5% of dry matter, high in protein (34%) and low in fiber (5%). The proportion of juice and dry matter extracted increased when alfalfa was wetter, when maceration was more severe and when windrow density before pressing (or press feed rate) decreased. Juice extraction was modeled and simulated under field conditions; potential juice extraction ranged between 1.1 and 6.2 t/ha (135 to 548 kg dry matter/ha).
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
On average, 15% of wet alfalfa was extracted as juice.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Outcome
- extracted as juicee0
- Value
- 15%e0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“an average of 15% of wet alfalfa can be extracted as juice”
Claim · model-written summary
Extracted juice averaged 9.5% dry matter.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- dry mattere0
- Value
- 9.5%e0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“juice containing on average 9.5% of dry matter”
t0“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Extracted juice contained 34% protein.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- proteine0
- Direction
- highe0
- Value
- 34%e0
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Verbatim
e0“high in protein (34%)”
t0“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Extracted juice contained 5% fiber.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- fibere0
- Direction
- lowe0
- Value
- 5%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“low in fiber (5%)”
t0“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Wetter alfalfa increased juice and dry matter extraction.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- alfalfa was wettere0
- Outcome
- proportion of juice and dry matter extractede0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The proportion of juice and dry matter extracted increased when alfalfa was wetter”
Claim · model-written summary
More severe maceration increased juice and dry matter extraction.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- maceration was more severee0
- Outcome
- proportion of juice and dry matter extractede0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The proportion of juice and dry matter extracted increased when alfalfa was wetter, when maceration was more severe”
Claim · model-written summary
Lower windrow density before pressing increased juice and dry matter extraction.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativae0
- Treatment
- windrow density before pressing (or press feed rate) decreasede0
- Outcome
- proportion of juice and dry matter extractede0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The proportion of juice and dry matter extracted increased when alfalfa was wetter, when maceration was more severe and when windrow density before pressing (or press feed rate) decreased.”
Claim · model-written summary
Simulated field juice extraction ranged from 1.1 to 6.2 t/ha.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- potential juice extractione0
- Value
- 1.1 and 6.2 t/hae0
- Setting
- field conditionse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Juice extraction was modeled and simulated under field conditions; potential juice extraction ranged between 1.1 and 6.2 t/ha (135 to 548 kg dry matter/ha).”
t0“ALFALFA”
Claim · model-written summary
Simulated field dry matter extraction ranged from 135 to 548 kg dry matter/ha.
- Taxon
- alfalfaMedicago sativat0
- Outcome
- dry mattere0
- Value
- 135 to 548 kg dry matter/hae0
- Setting
- field conditionse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Juice extraction was modeled and simulated under field conditions; potential juice extraction ranged between 1.1 and 6.2 t/ha (135 to 548 kg dry matter/ha).”
t0“ALFALFA”
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