Effect of silage chop length on intake and performance of store lambs

Extract

Results of previous experiments with store lambs have shown that intake of grass silage harvested with a flail chop harvester is quite lew but can be considerably increased if harvested with a precision chop harvester, resulting in much better lamb performance. A series of experiments. (El, E2) were, therefore, carried out to determine the optimum chop length of ryegrass silage as a basic source of winter feed for finishing store lambs.