In Situ Ruminal Digestion, Fermentation Parameters, and Forage Nutritive Value of Cool-Season Baleage Ensiled under Contrasting Inoculant Strategies.

In southeastern USA, the use of baleage has increased as an alternative technology to hay production, thereby allowing for a timelier harvest of the conserved forage. A series of studies were conducted to determine the nutritive value, fermentation parameters, and in situ disappearance of the cool-season annual forage mixtures that were ensiled with or without silage inoculant for up to 120 d. The forage mixtures were wheat (Triticum aestivum L.