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Feng Chen, Jiao Wang, Sujiang Zhang, Abdul Shakoor Chaudhry and Hassan Khanaki
(1) Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the fermentation quality, chemical composition, aerobic stability, in vitro digestibility, and rumen degradation characteristics of silage mixtures with different ratios of sweet sorghum (SS) and aerial parts of lico...
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Vicky Garcia Rodriguez, Layton Vandestroet, Vinura C. Abeysekara, Kim Ominski, Emmanuel W. Bumunang, Tim McAllister, Stephanie Terry, Luis Alberto Miranda-Romero and Kim Stanford
In Canada, approximately 11.2 million metric tons of avoidable food waste (FW) is produced per year. Preservation of a greater proportion of this FW for use as livestock feed would have significant environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Therefore, thi...
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Dayenne M. Herrera, Wender M. Peixoto, Joadil G. de Abreu, Rafael H. P. dos Reis, Carlos E. A. Cabral, Livia V. de Barros, Vanderley A. C. Klein and Edmilson F. dos Passos
The aim of this study was to evaluate the agronomic performance of sorghum grown in different combinations of row spacing and plant density, as well as possible interferences on silage quality. No other study dedicated to identifying the interference of ...
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Leonardo Pinto de Magalhães and Fabrício Rossi
In the cultivation of maize, the leaf area index (LAI) serves as an important metric to determine the development of the plant. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that capture RGB images, along with random forest regression (RFR), can be used to indirectly ...
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Jaroslav Korba, Petr ?arec, Václav Novák, Pavel Bro?, Antonín Dolan and Martin Dedina
Digestate is commonly used as a liquid organic fertilizer, as it contains nutrients that are important for plant growth and thus help reduce usage of mineral fertilizers. Since the digestate application leads to the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) int...
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Thomas M. Koutsos and Georgios C. Menexes
The current study investigates the performance of various sampling designs in providing accurate estimates for crucial maize yield traits (intended for silage) including plant height, fresh/dry/ear weight, number of maize ears per plant, and total ear we...
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Yao Li, Jin Xie, Huitao Liu and Lipu Han
The alfalfa harvest time is determined by the alfalfa growth stage and the weather factors at that time, which will affect the yield and quality of the alfalfa hay. Addressing issues like the lack of precise harvesting timing and underutilized production...
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Angela Gabriella D?Alessandro, Roberta Savina Dibenedetto, Ioannis Skoufos and Giovanni Martemucci
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the chemical and fermentative characteristics of by-product-mixed silages consisting of wheat straw (WS), grape pomace (GP), olive mill wastewater (OMWW) and cheese whey (CW) at 7, 30 and 90 days. The silage ...
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Christine C. Nieman, Wayne K. Coblentz, Philip A. Moore, Jr. and Matthew S. Akins
Poultry litter is a widely available fertilizer in the southeast USA and subsurface application of litter can increase both forage production and nutritive value. Frequent rainfall events and high humidity often limit time available for hay curing; baled...
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Sebastian Wojciech Przemieniecki, Marta Borsuk-Stanulewicz, Cezary Purwin, Olga Kosewska and Magdalena Ocwieja
The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of three forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and their effect on the yield, chemical and microbiological quality of perennial ryegrass herbage and silage. Two types of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (T...
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