Effects of field-conditioned alfalfa hay on the winter performance of weaned heifer calves

Abstract

This feeding trial was to determine the effects of various field-conditioned alfalfa hays on the winter performance of heifer calves. Second-cutting alfalfa was field-conditioned or processed as follows:

Control-mowed, raked, baled. Crushed-mowed, crushed with one smooth steel roll and a spiral-grooved rubber roll, raked and baled.