Desert heat degrades quality of stored alfalfa hay

To quantify the effects of summertime heat on baled alfalfa hay, we baled alfalfa in May 1993 in three areas of the irrigated Sonoran Desert and stored it for 20 weeks. At each site we subjected the bales to four different storage treatments: an air-conditioned room, unpro...

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Main Authors: Juan Guerrero, S. Sherwood Winans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1999-01-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v053n01p37