SOIL Studies

SOIL Studies

2019, Vol 8, Num, 3     (Pages: 009-014)

Determination of Effects of Different Harvesting and Storage Systems Feed Quality for Some Forage Mixtures

Yasemin VURARAK 1 ,Ahmet İNCE 2

1 Doğu Akdeniz Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Adana
2 Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarım Makinaları ve Teknolojileri Mühendisliği Bölümü, Adana

DOI: 10.21657/topraksu.654760
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This study was conducted to determine effects of different harvesting and storage systems on feed quality for two grass and legume mixtures cultivated in Cukurova Region. The mixtures of caramba + berseem clover and vetch + triticale were used as forage material. In the research, haylage, hay bale and traditional silage methods were examined. Harvesting was achieved by using the mover and disc mover with conditioner for haylage and hay bale and by using silage machine for traditional silage. However, feed quality were obtained for six numbers of wrap in haylage.

In the research, the relative feed value of haylage was qualified in second qualty degree while those of hay bale and traditional silage was in third and fourth quality degree, respectively. It was obtained that the highest quality forage was supplied with the mixture of caramba + berseem clover that can be grown in Cukurova Region as an alternative instead of vetch + triticale mixture harvested by Disc Mover with Conditioner.


Keywords : Çukurova, haylage, forage, storage, quality