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Chapter 11 Hay and Forage Harvesting

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:   (doi:10.13031/2013.41473) in Hay and Forage Harvesting Chapter 11 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines, 2nd ed., pp. 325-402 St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE. . Copyright 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Ajit K. Srivastava, Carroll E. Goering, Roger P. Rohrbach, Dennis R. Buckmaster
Keywords:   Section headings: Hay and forage harvesting, Methods and equipment, Functional processes, Cutting mechanics and plant structure, Cutting and chopping, Curing and preservation of forage, Windrowing, Baling, Performance evaluation, Problems

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