Improving forage nutritive value: Some recent findings in forage conservation research in Europe


T.N. Barry, J.M. Wilkinson and R.J. Wilkins

Invermay Agricultural Research Centre, Mosgiel

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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1977, 37: 249-257

Over the past decade there have been many new developments in forage conservation research in Western Europe. These include improved methods of harvesting and storage, improvements in nutritive value of the conserved products, and the conservations of new crops. This paper reviews these developments and discusses their relevance to New Zealand conditions.

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