Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
Adjusting for forage variability via on-farm analysis
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Materials and Methods<br />
10 weeks: 8 experimental wks + 2 wks of rest<br />
Daily sampling of <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>ages (corn and alfalfa<br />
silages) and TMRs;<br />
Weekly sampling of c<strong>on</strong>centrates;<br />
Immediately after collecti<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g>age samples<br />
were scanned in duplicate using a diode<br />
array sensor (HarvestLab TM , Deere &<br />
Company);<br />
In-house DM calibrati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>for</str<strong>on</strong>g> the sensor was<br />
developed with Unscrambler 9.7:<br />
• SECV=2.2 % R 2 =0.95<br />
Getting More from Forages – July 29-30, 2009