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HAYLAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Conservation and Storage
  • Grain Growing
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

Silage made from hay crops such as alfalfa; also called “hay crop silage”.

CONT

Haylage is grass, cut just like hay but, instead of being allowed to dry out completely, it is baled when the moisture content is still relatively high. Dust and spores are retained along with the moisture and will not become airborne when the bale is opened.

OBS

Haylage has the potential to be a high quality feed.

OBS

haylage; wilted grass silage; wilted silage: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des récoltes
  • Culture des céréales
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
DEF

Produit d'ensilage fait à partir des cultures de foin notamment la luzerne également appelé «ensilage mi-fané».

CONT

L'ensilage mi-fané (50 % de matière sèche), encore appelée «haylage» , est réalisé en silo hermétique ou en balles enrubannées.

OBS

haylage : terme américain, contraction de hay (foin) et de silage (ensilage).

OBS

ensilage préfané : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conservación de las cosechas
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
DEF

Producto forrajero obtenido tras un breve período de secado, que se empaca en balas a gran presión y se envuelve en polietileno para que se produzca una fermentación anaerobia de los azúcares contenidos en el material vegetal.

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