Abstract
Storage losses in large round bales of wheat hay were evaluated for two stages of forage maturity, two bale types, six storage methods, and two bale orientations. Wheat hay baled in the boot stage of maturity had greater storage losses than bales in the mid-head stage. Fixed-chamber bales in the boot stage had lower dry matter losses than variable-chamber bales. Fixed-chamber bales stored on the ground without covers had a 11.9% dry matter loss while variable-chamber bales had 19.2% loss. Storing fixed-chamber bales on pallets reduced dry matter loss to 7.2%. Bale orientation did not affect dry matter losses, but did affect changes in quality.
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Claim · model-written summary
Boot-stage wheat hay bales had greater storage losses than mid-head-stage bales.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Organ / stage
- boot stage of maturitye0
- Outcome
- storage lossese0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- mid-head stagee0
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e0“Wheat hay baled in the boot stage of maturity had greater storage losses than bales in the mid-head stage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Fixed-chamber boot-stage bales had lower dry matter losses than variable-chamber bales.
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e0“Fixed-chamber bales in the boot stage had lower dry matter losses than variable-chamber bales.”
Claim · model-written summary
Uncovered fixed-chamber bales on the ground lost 11.9% dry matter.
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e0“Fixed-chamber bales stored on the ground without covers had a 11.9% dry matter loss”
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Variable-chamber bales had 19.2% dry matter loss in the stated comparison.
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e0“variable-chamber bales had 19.2% loss”
Claim · model-written summary
Pallet storage reduced fixed-chamber bale dry matter loss to 7.2%.
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e0“Storing fixed-chamber bales on pallets reduced dry matter loss to 7.2%.”
Claim · model-written summary
Bale orientation did not affect dry matter losses.
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e0“Bale orientation did not affect dry matter losses”
Claim · model-written summary
Bale orientation affected changes in quality.
Not reportedDirection
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e0“Bale orientation did not affect dry matter losses, but did affect changes in quality.”